Encodes a member of the Arabidopsis Pumilio (APUM) proteins containing PUF domain (eight repeats of approximately 36 amino acids each). PUF proteins regulate both mRNA stability and translation through sequence-specific binding to the 3' UTR of target mRNA transcripts.
Computational Description
pumilio 21 (PUM21); FUNCTIONS IN: RNA binding, binding; LOCATED IN: cellular_component unknown; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Pumilio RNA-binding repeat (InterPro:IPR001313), Armadillo-like helical (InterPro:IPR011989), Armadillo-type fold (InterPro:IPR016024); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: pumilio 16 (TAIR:AT5G59280.1); Has 4825 Blast hits to 2764 proteins in 231 species: Archae - 2; Bacteria - 5; Metazoa - 477; Fungi - 433; Plants - 446; Viruses - 4; Other Eukaryotes - 3458 (source: NCBI BLink).