Description : (at4g38600 : 114.0) encodes a member of HECT ubiquitin protein ligase family that is involved in trichome cell morphogenesis. Mutants in this gene exhibit supernumerary trichome branches and increased DNA content.; KAKTUS (KAK); FUNCTIONS IN: ubiquitin-protein ligase activity; INVOLVED IN: trichome branching, DNA endoreduplication; LOCATED IN: plasma membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 25 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 15 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Armadillo-like helical (InterPro:IPR011989), Armadillo (InterPro:IPR000225), Armadillo-type fold (InterPro:IPR016024), HECT (InterPro:IPR000569); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: ubiquitin-protein ligase 4 (TAIR:AT5G02880.1); Has 6273 Blast hits to 5534 proteins in 324 species: Archae - 2; Bacteria - 240; Metazoa - 3391; Fungi - 909; Plants - 600; Viruses - 3; Other Eukaryotes - 1128 (source: NCBI BLink). & (reliability: 228.0) & (original description: no original description)
Condition specificity: 6 h after dark (SPM: 0.64, entropy: 2.58, tau: 0.55)