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ACT8 actin 8 [ Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) ]

Gene ID: 841347, updated on 18-Sep-2024

Summary

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Official Symbol
ACT8
Official Full Name
actin 8
Primary source
TAIR:AT1G49240
Locus tag
AT1G49240
See related
Araport:AT1G49240
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype: Columbia)
Lineage
Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis
Also known as
actin 8; F27J15.1; F27J15_1; FIZ1; FRIZZY AND KINKED SHOOTS
Summary
Member of a subclass of actins composed of ACT2 and ACT8. Its mRNA is strongly expressed in strongly expressed in leaves, roots, stems, flowers, pollen, and siliques. However, protein expression, assayed by a ACT8:GUS fusion reporter, is very low in pollen.
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Genomic context

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Location:
chromosome: 1
Exon count:
5
Sequence:
Chromosome: 1; NC_003070.9 (18215800..18218339)

Chromosome 1 - NC_003070.9Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene RING/U-box superfamily protein Neighboring gene uncharacterized protein Neighboring gene RING/U-box superfamily protein Neighboring gene Prefoldin chaperone subunit family protein Neighboring gene ATP-dependent DNA ligase Neighboring gene ncRNA

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:
NC_003070.9

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Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Plant vegetative and animal cytoplasmic actins share functional competence for spatial development with protists. Kandasamy MK, et al. Plant Cell, 2012 May. PMID 22589468, Free PMC Article
  2. A single vegetative actin isovariant overexpressed under the control of multiple regulatory sequences is sufficient for normal Arabidopsis development. Kandasamy MK, et al. Plant Cell, 2009 Mar. PMID 19304937, Free PMC Article
  3. Arabidopsis AIP1-2 restricted by WER-mediated patterning modulates planar polarity. Kiefer CS, et al. Development, 2015 Jan 1. PMID 25428588, Free PMC Article
  4. An inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase functions in PHOTOTROPIN1 signaling in Arabidopis by altering cytosolic Ca2+. Chen X, et al. Plant Cell, 2008 Feb. PMID 18252844, Free PMC Article
  5. Proteomic survey of copper-binding proteins in Arabidopsis roots by immobilized metal affinity chromatography and mass spectrometry. Kung CC, et al. Proteomics, 2006 May. PMID 16526091

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Interactions

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

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Markers

Homology

NM_103814.4

Gene Ontology Provided by TAIR

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables copper ion binding HDA PubMed 
enables mRNA binding HDA PubMed 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within root hair cell tip growth IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
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Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in chloroplast envelope HDA PubMed 
located_in chloroplast stroma HDA PubMed 
located_in cytoplasm ISM
Inferred from Sequence Model
more info
  
located_in cytosol HDA PubMed 
located_in nucleus HDA PubMed 
located_in plant-type vacuole HDA PubMed 
located_in plasmodesma HDA PubMed 

General protein information

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Preferred Names
actin 8
NP_175350.1
  • actin 8 (ACT8); FUNCTIONS IN: copper ion binding, structural constituent of cytoskeleton; INVOLVED IN: response to salt stress, root hair cell tip growth, cytoskeleton organization; LOCATED IN: plasma membrane, chloroplast, vacuole; EXPRESSED IN: 30 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 17 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Actin, conserved site (InterPro:IPR004001), Actin/actin-like (InterPro:IPR004000), Actin/actin-like conserved site (InterPro:IPR020902); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: actin 2 (TAIR:AT3G18780.2); Has 15146 Blast hits to 14753 proteins in 3039 species: Archae - 6; Bacteria - 12; Metazoa - 5709; Fungi - 5217; Plants - 1599; Viruses - 2; Other Eukaryotes - 2601 (source: NCBI BLink).

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_003070.9 Reference assembly

    Range
    18215800..18218339
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_103814.4 → NP_175350.1  actin 8 [Arabidopsis thaliana]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_175350.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q41933, Q96293, Q9M9C2
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A178WDV5, A0A5S9WNE1, Q8LB94
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    cl17037
    Location:5 → 377
    NBD_sugar-kinase_HSP70_actin; Nucleotide-Binding Domain of the sugar kinase/HSP70/actin superfamily
Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
Q96293.2

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