differentiation and greening-like 1 (DAL1); FUNCTIONS IN: molecular_function unknown; INVOLVED IN: plastid organization, endonucleolytic cleavage of tetracistronic rRNA transcript (SSU-rRNA, LSU-rRNA, 4.5S-rRNA, 5S-rRNA); LOCATED IN: chloroplast; EXPRESSED IN: 22 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: plastid developmental protein DAG, putative (TAIR:AT1G32580.1)
TAIR Curator Summary:
Encodes a multiple organellar RNA editing factor, a chloroplast protein which is required for the maturation of the plastid ribosomal RNAs and is essential for chloroplast differentiation.Member of MORF family consisting of of nine full-length proteins encoded in the nuclear genome. MORF proteins are required for all RNA editing events in plastids and for many, possibly also all, sites in mitochondria. Potential link between the RNA binding PPR protein and the protein contributing the enzymatic activity in RNA editing.