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VIN3

Gene
VIN3
Protein
Protein VERNALIZATION INSENSITIVE 3
Organism
Arabidopsis thaliana
Length
620 amino acids
Function
Plays a central role in vernalization by mediating the initial transcriptional repression of the homeotic gene FLC, a floral repressor, after a cold treatment. However, due to its transient expression, it cannot maintain repression of FLC, which is then maintained by Polycomb Group complexes containing VRN2 throughout development. Required to deacetylate histones on the FLC promoter. Together with VIL1, required during vernalization for the modifications of FLC and FLM chromatin that are associated with an epigenetically silenced state (e.g. chromatin modifications, histone deacetylation, and trimethylated H3 'Lys-4' H3K4me3 and 'Lys-27' H3K27me3) and with acquisition of competence to flower.
Mass
69.347 kDa
Sequence
MQAASLSKIWRFDGNVGPENMDSSSFEDNECIETCKPNVLNVSERRELIHALSNQPEEASELLNSWSRNEIMKIICAEMGKERKYTGLNKPKLIENLLNLVSRPLGETSCSDRRNSRKKEKKMIGYIICCENLACRAALGCDDTFCRRCSCCICQKFDDNKDPSLWLTCDACGSSCHLECGLKQDRYGIGSDDLDGRFYCAYCGKDNDLLGCWRKQVKVAKETRRVDVLCYRLSLGQKLLRGTTKYRNLLELMDEAVKKLEGDVGPLSGWAMKMARGIVNRLSSGVHVQKLCSQAMEALDKVVSPSESVSGQGDKMTVRVEEIQARSVTVRVDSEEPSSSTQNKITGFRLFCRKSKDEECSSQGNCVVYLPETTSAIQGLEPDTEFCLRVVSFNEEGDLDESELRFTTLKDDGDEAGDQQSPLTNSSSGLCSNPSLPEDESNNVNKSCSKGNGDKDNTEHCSAGEVESELEEERLVKRKANKIDGRDLLVTPCKRDIYKGKQGGNKRFKSRTVSLNEKPEINNAANGVGDKDLGHIVKTIRCLEEEGHIDKSFRERFLTWYSLRATHREVRVVKIFVETFMEDLSSLGQQLVDTFSESILSKRSSTNGVVPAGICLKLWH