NCBI Accession #
NP_200742.2
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_125325.3
NCBI Official Full Name
WUSCHEL related homeobox 2
NCBI Official Symbol
WOX2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
MNC17.25; MNC17_25; WUSCHEL related homeobox 2
NCBI Protein Information
WUSCHEL related homeobox 2
NCBI Summary
Encodes a WUSCHEL-related homeobox gene family member with 65 amino acids in its homeodomain. Proteins in this family contain a sequence of eight residues (TLPLFPMH) downstream of the homeodomain called the WUS box. WOX2 has a putative Zinc finger domain downstream of the homeodomain. Transcripts are expressed in the egg cell, the zygote and the apical cell lineage and are reduced in met3-1 early embryos. This gene is necessary for cell divisions that form the apical embryo domain.
UniProt Protein Name
WUSCHEL-related homeobox 2
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q6X7K1
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q6X7K2; Q9FIE5
UniProt Related Accession #
Q6X7K1
UniProt Comments
Probable transcription factor involved in embryonic patterning. Required for apical embryo development after fertilization. Its specific localization to the apical daughter cell of the zygote, while WOX8 is confined to the basal cell, suggests that the asymmetric division of the plant zygote separates determinants of apical and basal cell fates.