NCBI Accession #
NP_179684.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_127657.4
NCBI Official Full Name
epidermal patterning factor 1
NCBI Official Symbol
EPF1
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
EPIDERMAL PATTERNING FACTOR 1
NCBI Protein Information
epidermal patterning factor 1
NCBI Summary
Encodes a secretory peptide EPF1 involved in stomatal development. EPF1 is related to EPF2 which controls asymmetric cell divisions during stomatal devlopment. Its transcript levels change after inducing MUTE expression in a mute background.
UniProt Protein Name
Protein EPIDERMAL PATTERNING FACTOR 1
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q8S8I4
UniProt Related Accession #
Q8S8I4
UniProt Comments
Controls stomatal patterning. Regulates asymmetric cell division during guard cell differentiation. Mediates stomatal development inhibition. Not cleaved by the protease CRSP (AC Q9LNU1) (PubMed:25043023). MEPF1: mobile signal controlling stomatal development in a non-cell-autonomous manner (PubMed:22241782). Uses ERL1 as major receptor (PubMed:22241782). May act by competing with somatogen (AC Q9SV72) for the same receptor, TMM (AC Q9SSD1) (PubMed:22027592).