This gene used to be called AtCKX7. It encodes a protein whose sequence is similar to cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase, which catalyzes the degradation of cytokinins.
Computational Description
cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase 6 (CKX6); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Cytokinin dehydrogenase 1, FAD/cytokinin binding domain (InterPro:IPR015345), FAD-binding, type 2 (InterPro:IPR016166), FAD-linked oxidase-like, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR016164), FAD linked oxidase, N-terminal (InterPro:IPR006094); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase 1 (TAIR:AT2G41510.1); Has 6490 Blast hits to 6485 proteins in 1279 species: Archae - 163; Bacteria - 4080; Metazoa - 140; Fungi - 1069; Plants - 530; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 508 (source: NCBI BLink).