InterPro domain: IPR044190

General Information

  • Identifier IPR044190
  • Description Protein THYLAKOID ASSEMBLY 8-like

Abstract

THYLAKOID ASSEMBLY 8 (THA8) is a pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR)-containing protein that mediates group II organellar RNA introns splicing. It is required for embryo development in Arabidopsis [ 1 ]. In maize, mutation of the THA8 gene causes defects in the biogenesis of chloroplast thylakoid membranes [ 2 ].


1. Identification of genes required for embryo development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 135, 1206-20
2. A short PPR protein required for the splicing of specific group II introns in angiosperm chloroplasts. RNA 18, 1197-209

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