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HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: DCAF7
Cytogenetic location: 17q23.3 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38) : 17:63,550,477-63,594,266 (from NCBI)
The An1, An2, and An11 loci control the pigmentation of petunias by stimulating transcription of anthocyanin genes. By Southern blot analysis with a petunia An11 probe, followed by EST database searching and PCR, de Vetten et al. (1997) obtained a cDNA encoding human AN11. The deduced 342-amino acid, WD repeat-containing protein is 53% identical to the petunia An11 protein and is conserved in worms and yeast, which do not produce anthocyanins. Functional analysis showed that human AN11 could partially complement a petunia An11 mutant. De Vetten et al. (1997) concluded that An11 is involved in signal transduction in petunias.
de Vetten, N., Quattrocchio, F., Mol, J., Koes, R. The an11 locus controlling flower pigmentation in petunia encodes a novel WD-repeat protein conserved in yeast, plants, and animals. Genes Dev. 11: 1422-1434, 1997. [PubMed: 9192870] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.11.11.1422]