Type: | Family | Name: | Root phototropism protein 2 |
Description: | Root phototropism protein 2 (RPT2) is a BTB/POZ domain-containing protein from Arabidopsis that functions as a signal transducer in the phototropic response (plant growth in response to light) []. RPT2 modulates the function of phototropin 1 (phot1), a blue light receptor kinase that detects lateral differences in low fluence rates of blue light. RPT2 is not only involved in the phototropic response, but also involved in stomatal opening and chloroplast relocation through its interaction with phot1 []. | Short Name: | RPT2 |