DB identifier | AT5G49160 | Secondary Identifier | locus:2155959 |
Name | methyltransferase 1 | Brief Description | methyltransferase 1 |
TAIR Computational Description | methyltransferase 1;(source:Araport11) |
TAIR Curator Summary | Encodes a cytosine methyltransferase MET1. Required for silencing of FWA paternal allele in endosperm. Two lines with RNAi constructs directed against DMT1 have reduced agrobacterium-mediated tumor formation. The mRNA is cell-to-cell mobile. |
TAIR Short Description | methyltransferase 1 |
TAIR Aliases | DDM2, DMT01, DMT1, MET1, MET2, METI |