BPC6 basic pentacysteine 6 [Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: BPC6
Official Full Name: basic pentacysteine 6
Primary source: TAIR:AT5G42520
Locus tag: AT5G42520
See related: Araport:AT5G42520
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype: Columbia)
Lineage: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis
Also known as: ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA BASIC PENTACYSTEINE 6; ATBPC6; basic pentacysteine 6; BBR/BPC6; MDH9.22; MDH9_22
Summary: Encodes a member of the BASIC PENTACYSTEINE (BPC) proteins. BPC proteins are plant-specific transcription factors present throughout land plants. BPC transcription factor family is integral for a wide range of processes that support normal growth and development.
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Chromosome 5 - NC_003076.8 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

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Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) GAGA-motif binding factor protein basic pentacysteine6 (BPC6) interacts with like heterochromatin protein1 (LHP1), a PRC1 component, and associates with vernalization2 (VRN2), a PRC2 component, in vivo.
Title: The Arabidopsis GAGA-Binding Factor BASIC PENTACYSTEINE6 Recruits the POLYCOMB-REPRESSIVE COMPLEX1 Component LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN1 to GAGA DNA Motifs.
characterization of AtBPC6
Title: Alanine zipper-like coiled-coil domains are necessary for homotypic dimerization of plant GAGA-factors in the nucleus and nucleolus.

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

NM_001085221.1

NM_001085222.1

NM_123617.3

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables DNA binding	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables protein homodimerization activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables transcription cis-regulatory region binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within response to ethylene	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in nucleolus	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in nucleus	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in nucleus	ISM Inferred from Sequence Model more info

NP_001078690.1

basic pentacysteine 6 (BPC6); FUNCTIONS IN: DNA binding, sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity; INVOLVED IN: regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; LOCATED IN: nucleus; EXPRESSED IN: 22 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: GAGA binding-like (InterPro:IPR010409); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: basic pentacysteine 4 (TAIR:AT2G21240.2); Has 258 Blast hits to 253 proteins in 27 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 4; Metazoa - 17; Fungi - 0; Plants - 223; Viruses - 3; Other Eukaryotes - 11 (source: NCBI BLink).

NP_001078691.1

basic pentacysteine 6 (BPC6); FUNCTIONS IN: DNA binding, sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity; INVOLVED IN: regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; LOCATED IN: nucleus; EXPRESSED IN: 22 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: GAGA binding-like (InterPro:IPR010409); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: basic pentacysteine 4 (TAIR:AT2G21240.2); Has 233 Blast hits to 232 proteins in 24 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 9; Fungi - 0; Plants - 221; Viruses - 3; Other Eukaryotes - 0 (source: NCBI BLink).

NP_568605.1

basic pentacysteine 6 (BPC6); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: GAGA binding-like (InterPro:IPR010409); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: basic pentacysteine 4 (TAIR:AT2G21240.2); Has 30201 Blast hits to 17322 proteins in 780 species: Archae - 12; Bacteria - 1396; Metazoa - 17338; Fungi - 3422; Plants - 5037; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2996 (source: NCBI BLink).