Description : (at2g02500 : 213.0) Encodes a protein with 4-Diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol synthase activity. The enzyme has an absolute requirement for divalent cations (Mg2+ reaches the highest catalytic activity).; ISPD; FUNCTIONS IN: 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate cytidylyltransferase activity; INVOLVED IN: response to light stimulus, isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate-independent pathway; LOCATED IN: chloroplast, chloroplast stroma, plastid; EXPRESSED IN: 23 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol synthase (InterPro:IPR001228), 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol synthase, conserved site (InterPro:IPR018294); Has 6821 Blast hits to 6815 proteins in 2244 species: Archae - 30; Bacteria - 4964; Metazoa - 52; Fungi - 6; Plants - 61; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 1708 (source: NCBI BLink). & (reliability: 426.0) & (original description: no original description)
Condition specificity: 1 h after light (SPM: 0.54, entropy: 2.75, tau: 0.57)