Gene : PEX7

Symbol :	PEX7
Name/description :	PEX7; peroxisome matrix targeting signal-2 binding / protein binding
Synonyms :	F28N24.6, F28N24_6, PEROXISOMAL TARGETING SIGNAL TYPE 2 RECEPTOR, PEX7
Organism :	Arabidopsis thaliana
Peroxisomal Localization :	GO: protein targeting to peroxisome Bonnie Woodward, et al.2005. Mol. Biol. Cell GFP: No experiment found Mass Spectrometry: Holger Eubel, et al.2008. Plant Physiol. PeroxisomeDB annotation
Protein family :	PEX7
Protein consensus sequence :	MPVFKAPFNGYSVKFSPFYESRLAVATAQNFGILGNGRIHVLELAPGAPGVTESVSYDTADAVYDVCWSESHDSVLIAAIGDGSVKIYDTALPPPSNPIRSFQEHAREVQSVDYNPTRRDSFLTSSWDDTVKLWAMDRPASVRTFKEHAYCVYQAVWNPKHGDVFASASGDCTLRIWDVREPGSTMIIPAHDFEILSCDWNKYDDCILATSSVDKTVKVWDVRSYRVPLAVLNGHGYAVRKVKFSPHRRSLIASCSYDMSVCLWDYMVEDALVGRYDHHTEFAVGIDMSVLVEGLMASTGWDELVYVWQQGMDPRAS
Functional category(ies) :	Peroxisome biogenesis (peroxins) Peroxisome targeting sequence binding
Disease(s) :	No diseases found
Comparative genomics:	PTS prediction Blastp PsiBlast Alignment Phylogenetic tree [help]
Gene Info:	Gene Summary (NCBI) Chromosomal Localization (NCBI) Conserved Domains (NCBI) Orthologue Prediction (NCBI)
Pubmed:	Singh Singh, et al.2009. Plant J. Molecular components required for the targeting of PEX7 to peroxisomes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Kazumasa Nito, et al.2007. Plant Cell Physiol. Functional classification of Arabidopsis peroxisome biogenesis factors proposed from analyses of knockdown mutants. Shoji Mano, et al.2006. Plant J. The Arabidopsis pex12 and pex13 mutants are defective in both PTS1- and PTS2-dependent protein transport to peroxisomes. Makoto Hayashi, et al.2005. J. Biol. Chem. Differential contribution of two peroxisomal protein receptors to the maintenance of peroxisomal functions in Arabidopsis. Bonnie Woodward, et al.2005. Mol. Biol. Cell The Arabidopsis peroxisomal targeting signal type 2 receptor PEX7 is necessary for peroxisome function and dependent on PEX5.