DB identifier | AT1G69770 | Secondary Identifier | locus:2205015 |
Name | chromomethylase 3 | Brief Description | chromomethylase 3 |
TAIR Computational Description | chromomethylase 3;(source:Araport11) |
TAIR Curator Summary | Encodes a chromomethylase involved in methylating cytosine residues at non-CG sites. Involved in preferentially methylating transposon-related sequences, reducing their mobility. CMT3 interacts with an Arabidopsis homologue of HP1 (heterochromatin protein 1), which in turn interacts with methylated histones. Involved in gene silencing. |
TAIR Short Description | chromomethylase 3 |
TAIR Aliases | CMT3 |