Encodes a putative 92-aa protein that is the precursor of AtPep1, a 23-aa peptide which activates transcription of the defensive gene defensin (PDF1.2) and activates the synthesis of H2O2, both being components of the innate immune response.
Computational Description
precursor of peptide 1 (PROPEP1); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: elicitor peptide 2 precursor (TAIR:AT5G64890.1); Has 30201 Blast hits to 17322 proteins in 780 species: Archae - 12; Bacteria - 1396; Metazoa - 17338; Fungi - 3422; Plants - 5037; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2996 (source: NCBI BLink).