Mutant has defects in anther dehiscence, pollen maturation, and flower opening. The DAD1 protein is a chloroplastic phospholipase A1 that catalyzes the initial step of jasmonic acid biosynthesis.
Computational Description
DEFECTIVE ANTHER DEHISCENCE 1 (DAD1); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Lipase, class 3 (InterPro:IPR002921); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: alpha/beta-Hydrolases superfamily protein (TAIR:AT4G16820.1); Has 1715 Blast hits to 1709 proteins in 324 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 331; Metazoa - 67; Fungi - 376; Plants - 633; Viruses - 9; Other Eukaryotes - 299 (source: NCBI BLink).