NCBI Accession #
NP_197281.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_121785.3
NCBI Official Full Name
zinc finger (Ran-binding) family protein
NCBI Official Symbol
VAR3
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
MVA3.15; MVA3_15; VARIEGATED 3
NCBI Protein Information
zinc finger (Ran-binding) family protein
NCBI Summary
Encodes a 85.9 kDa protein containing novel repeats and zinc fingers described as protein interaction domains. VAR3 is a part of a protein complex required for normal chloroplast and palisade cell development. Mutants display a variegated phenotype due to somatic areas lacking or containing developmentally retarded chloroplasts and greatly reduced numbers of palisade cells.
UniProt Protein Name
Zinc finger protein VAR3, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Organelle Zinc finger 1
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q8S9K3
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q64M74; Q9FN73
UniProt Related Accession #
Q8S9K3
UniProt Comments
Probable component of some protein complex required for chloroplast and palisade cell development (PubMed:15340011). Involved in C-to-U editing of chloroplastic RNA. Controls a large number of chloroplastic editing sites. Binds the editing recognition trans-factors PCMP-H51/CRR28 and PCMP-H12/OTP82 (PubMed:25768119).