BIP — Arabidopsis thaliana

Summary

AT5G20730 (BIP, also known as ARF7, NPH4, MSG1) on chromosome 5 of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a protein with ARF, AUX/IAA, and B3 DNA-binding domains. The protein exhibits sequence-specific DNA binding, transcription cis-regulatory region binding, and protein kinase activity. BIP is associated with lateral root development. It has been linked to numerous traits including seedling cotyledon number and size, plant fresh weight, inflorescence height, leaf elongation rate, root branching, adventitious root number, pedicel length, vascular tissue morphology, phyllotaxy, and the vegetative to reproductive phase transition. The gene is associated with tropism, halotropism, chemotaxis, cell activation, dedifferentiation, and nuclear division. It localizes to the nucleus, cytoplasm, cell cortex, vesicle, and plasmalemma.