Encodes XRI1 (X-ray induced 1). Required for post-meiotic stages of pollen development and male and female meiosis. Maybe required for meiotic DNA repair. Inducible by X-ray. Homozygous xri1 mutants are sterile due to extensive chromosome fragmentation.
Computational Description
X-RAY INDUCED TRANSCRIPT 1 (XRI1); FUNCTIONS IN: molecular_function unknown; INVOLVED IN: DNA repair, female meiosis, response to X-ray, pollen development, male meiosis; LOCATED IN: nucleus; EXPRESSED IN: 21 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 11 growth stages; BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: unknown protein (TAIR:AT2G01990.1); Has 123 Blast hits to 123 proteins in 15 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 1; Fungi - 0; Plants - 122; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 0 (source: NCBI BLink).