NCBI Accession #
NP_850156.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_179825.2
NCBI Official Full Name
ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease FTSH 2
NCBI Official Symbol
VAR2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
F7F1.16; F7F1_16; FTSH2; VAR2; VARIEGATED 2
NCBI Protein Information
ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease FTSH 2
NCBI Summary
Metalloprotease that functions in thylakoid membrane biogenesis. Involved in the repair of PSII following damaged incurred during photoinhibition. Forms a complex with VAR1. Mutants show a variegated phenotype, which decreases during development. Transcript and protein levels increase with light intensity.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
VAR2; AtFTSH2
UniProt Protein Name
ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease FTSH 2, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Protein VARIEGATED 2
UniProt Entry Name
FTSH2_ARATH
UniProt Primary Accession #
O80860
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q56Z14; Q94AZ0
UniProt Related Accession #
O80860
UniProt Comments
Part of a complex that function as an ATP-dependent zinc metallopeptidase. Involved in the thylakoid formation and in the removal of damaged D1 in the photosystem II, preventing cell death under high-intensity light conditions, but not involved in thermotolerance.