Gene Details:

• Gene ID: AT4G15950
• Gene Symbol: NRPD4, NRPE4, RDM2
• Gene Name: RNA-DIRECTED DNA METHYLATION 2
• Description: RNA polymerase II, Rpb4, core protein;(source:Araport11)
• TAIR Accession: locus:2129825
• Genome: Araport11_genome_release
• Species: Arabidopsis thaliana

Transcripts:

• AT4G15950.1

Plant Ontology Annotations:

• PO:0009005  — root — raíz (Spanish, exact), radices (exact, plural), radix (exact), 根 (Japanese, exact), aerial root (narrow), climbing root (narrow)

Gene Ontology:

• GO:0005634  — located in — nucleus
• GO:0030422  — acts upstream of or within — siRNA processing
• GO:0010426  — acts upstream of or within — DNA methylation on cytosine within a CHH sequence
• GO:0030422  — involved in — siRNA processing
• GO:0000418  — part of — RNA polymerase IV complex
• GO:0000166  — enables — nucleotide binding
• GO:0000419  — part of — RNA polymerase V complex

Function-related keywords:

• root

Literature:

• Selection on rapidly evolving proteins in the Arabidopsis genome.   DOI:  10.1093/genetics/163.2.723 ;  PMID:  12618409
• Subunit compositions of the RNA-silencing enzymes Pol IV and Pol V reveal their origins as specialized forms of RNA polymerase II.   DOI:  10.1016/j.molcel.2008.12.015 ;  PMID:  19110459
• NRPD4, a protein related to the RPB4 subunit of RNA polymerase II, is a component of RNA polymerases IV and V and is required for RNA-directed DNA methylation.   DOI:  10.1101/gad.1765209 ;  PMID:  19204117
• Angiosperms Are Unique among Land Plant Lineages in the Occurrence of Key Genes in the RNA-Directed DNA Methylation (RdDM) Pathway.   DOI:  10.1093/gbe/evv171 ;  PMID:  26338185

Sequence: