Protein
Polycomb group protein EMF2A
Organism
Oryza sativa subsp. japonica
Function
Polycomb group (PcG) protein. PcG proteins act by forming multiprotein complexes, which are required to maintain the transcriptionally repressive state of homeotic genes throughout development. PcG proteins are not required to initiate repression, but to maintain it during later stages of development. They act via the methylation of histones, rendering chromatin heritably changed in its expressibility.
Similarity
Belongs to the VEFS (VRN2-EMF2-FIS2-SU(Z)12) family.
Sequence
MPGLPLTDHDAVNTGCEFDCQRSSDQMCCEHSVAQFSSDQQLNPEENLALYCKPLELYNFIRHRAIENPPYLQRCLLYKIRAKQKKRIQITISLPGSNNKELQAQNIFPLYVLFARPTSNVPIEGHSPIYRFSQARLLTSFNDSGNNDRAEATFVIPDLETLIATQAYGLTFILVSRGTKKNKGRTGQNLCENDCSEKHVDYSSLRKLAGKCFWGKIPITLLNSSLETCADLILGHIVESPISICMSPGYLEPTFLEHDNCLSFCSRKADAMVPYQLQVKVSAAEAGAKDILKSPYNSFSYSDVPPSLLLRIVRLRVGNVLFNYKNTQMSEVTEDFTCPFCLVRCGNFKGLECHMTSSHDLFHYEFWISEDYQAVNVTLKKDNMRTEFVAAEVDNSHRIFYYRSRFKKSRTEILPVARADAHIMESGSPEETQAESEDDVQEENENALIDDSKKLHGSNHSQSEFLAFGKSRKLSANRADPRNRLLLQKRQFIHSHKAQPMTFEEVLSDNDSEDEVDDDIADLEDRRMLDDFVDVTKDEKRIMHMWNSFIRKQSILADSHVPWACEAFSRHHGEELLENSALLWGWRMFMIKLWNHSLLSARTMDTCNRILDDIKNERSDPKKQ