Encodes a member of the TBL (TRICHOME BIREFRINGENCE-LIKE) gene family containing a plant-specific DUF231 (domain of unknown function) domain. TBL gene family has 46 members, two of which (TBR/AT5G06700 and TBL3/AT5G01360) have been shown to be involved in the synthesis and deposition of secondary wall cellulose, presumably by influencing the esterification state of pectic polymers. A nomenclature for this gene family has been proposed (Volker Bischoff & Wolf Scheible, 2010, personal communication).
Computational Description
TRICHOME BIREFRINGENCE-LIKE 26 (TBL26); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Protein of unknown function DUF231, plant (InterPro:IPR004253); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: TRICHOME BIREFRINGENCE-LIKE 25 (TAIR:AT1G01430.1); Has 1341 Blast hits to 1324 proteins in 34 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 2; Plants - 1336; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 3 (source: NCBI BLink).
