Type: | Family | Name: | Protein Hothead |
Description: | This family of plant proteins includes Arabidopsis HOTHEAD (HTH), an enzyme involved in regulating organ fusion. It is required to limit cellular interactions between contacting epidermal cells during floral development []. HTH is expressed ubiquitously in root and shoot tissues and is not limited to the epidermis. It is involved in the biosynthesis of long-chain alpha-, omega-dicarboxylic fatty acids, probably acting in the step after cytochrome P450 FA omega-hydroxylases in the omega-oxidation pathway []. | Short Name: | Hothead |