NCBI Accession #
NP_001332718.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001343352.1
NCBI Official Full Name
peptide deformylase 1B
NCBI Official Symbol
PDF1B
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATDEF2; DEF2; peptide deformylase 1B
NCBI Protein Information
peptide deformylase 1B
NCBI Summary
Encodes a peptide deformylase PDF1B. The crystal structure has been determined at a resolution of 0.24 nm (Biochem J, 2008, vol 413:417-427).
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
DEF2; AtDEF2; AtPDF1B; PDF 1B
UniProt Protein Name
Peptide deformylase 1B, chloroplastic/mitochondrial
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Polypeptide deformylase
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9FUZ2
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q8LEH0; Q949U8; Q9LYJ4
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9FUZ2
UniProt Comments
Removes the formyl group from the N-terminal Met of newly synthesized proteins. Has a preferred substrate specificity towards the photosystem II (PS II) D1 polypeptide.