FEATURES

FAMILY

plant cysteine rich small secretory peptide family

DESCRIPTION

Also known as EPF2_ARATH, EPF2. Controls stomatal patterning. Regulates the number of cells that enter, and remain in, the stomatal lineage by inhibiting protodermal cells from adopting the meristemoid mother cell (MMC) fate in a non-cell-autonomous manner. Mediates stomatal development inhibition. MEPF2: mobile signal controlling stomatal development in a non-cell-autonomous manner (PubMed:22241782). Uses ERECTA as major receptor (PubMed:22241782). Inactivated by cleavage by CRSP (AC Q9LNU1) (PubMed:25043023). May act by competing with somatogen (AC Q9SV72) for the same receptor, TMM (AC Q9SSD1) (PubMed:22027592). Interacts with ERECTA, ERL1 and TMM.

EXTERNAL LINKS

EPF2

Protein EPIDERMAL PATTERNING FACTOR 2

EPF2

Molecular Synopsis