DB identifier | AT4G16280 | Secondary Identifier | locus:2130364 |
Brief Description | flowering time control protein FCA |
TAIR Computational Description | flowering time control protein FCA;(source:Araport11) |
TAIR Curator Summary | Involved in the promotion of the transition of the vegetative meristem to reproductive development. Four forms of the protein (alpha, beta, delta and gamma) are produced by alternative splicing. Involved in RNA-mediated chromatin silencing. At one point it was believed to act as an abscisic acid receptor but the paper describing that function was retracted. |
TAIR Short Description | RNA binding;abscisic acid binding |
TAIR Aliases | FCA |