Function
Required for the soilborne fungal pathogen Verticillium longisporum-induced transdifferentiation of chloroplast-containing bundle sheath cells to functional xylem elements leading to stunted growth, vein clearing, and leaf chloroses, as well as xylem hyperplasia within the vasculature of leaves, hypocotyls, and roots due to reinitiation of cambial activity and transdifferentiation of xylem parenchyma cells. This developmental reprogramming mediates also an increased drought stress tolerance.
Sequence
MDNIMQSSMPPGFRFHPTEEELVGYYLDRKINSMKSALDVIVEIDLYKMEPWDIQARCKLGYEEQNEWYFFSHKDRKYPTGTRTNRATAAGFWKATGRDKAVLSKNSVIGMRKTLVYYKGRAPNGRKSDWIMHEYRLQNSELAPVQEEGWVVCRAFRKPIPNQRPLGYEPWQNQLYHVESSNNYSSSVTMNTSHHIGASSSSHNLNQMLMSNNHYNPNNTSSSMHQYGNIELPQLDSPSLSPSLGTNKDQNESFEQEEEKSFNCVDWRTLDTLLETQVIHPHNPNILMFETQSYNPAPSFPSMHQSYNEVEANIHHSLGCFPDS