encodes a transmembrane protein with similarity to the sterol desaturase family at the N-terminus and to the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase family at the C-terminus. Mutant analyses indicate this protein is involved in cuticle membrane and wax biosynthesis.
Computational Description
ECERIFERUM 3 (CER3); FUNCTIONS IN: oxidoreductase activity, binding, iron ion binding, catalytic activity; INVOLVED IN: cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthetic process, response to salt stress, pollen sperm cell differentiation, wax biosynthetic process, cuticle development; LOCATED IN: plasma membrane, membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 27 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: NAD(P)-binding domain (InterPro:IPR016040), Fatty acid hydroxylase (InterPro:IPR006694), Uncharacterised protein, Wax2 C-terminal (InterPro:IPR021940); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Fatty acid hydroxylase superfamily (TAIR:AT1G02205.2); Has 879 Blast hits to 877 proteins in 232 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 279; Metazoa - 24; Fungi - 149; Plants - 340; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 87 (source: NCBI BLink).
