P04702 (ZEA6_MAIZE) Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

Names and origin

Protein names	Recommended name: Zein-alpha M6 Alternative name(s): 19 kDa zein M6
Organism	Zea mays (Maize)
Taxonomic identifier	4577 [NCBI]
Taxonomic lineage	cellular organisms › Eukaryota › Viridiplantae › Streptophyta › Streptophytina › Embryophyta › Tracheophyta › Euphyllophyta › Spermatophyta › Magnoliophyta › Liliopsida › commelinids › Poales › Poaceae › PACMAD clade › Panicoideae › Andropogoneae › Zea

Protein attributes

Sequence length	240 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.
Protein existence	Evidence at transcript level

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Zeins are major seed storage proteins.
Miscellaneous	The alpha zeins of 19 kDa and 22 kDa account for 70% of the total zein fraction. They are encoded by a large multigene family.
Sequence similarities	Belongs to the zein family.

Ontologies

Keywords
Domain	Repeat Signal
Molecular function	Seed storage protein Storage protein
Gene Ontology (GO)
Molecular_function	nutrient reservoir activity Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW
Complete GO annotation...

Sequence annotation (Features)

	Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier
Molecule processing
	Signal peptide	1 – 21	21
	Chain	22 – 240	219	Zein-alpha M6		PRO_0000041616

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	P04702 [UniParc]. Last modified August 13, 1987. Version 1. Checksum: 17E555FC177D55CB	FASTA	240	26,255
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MATKIFSLLM LLALSTCVAN ATIFPQCSQA PIASLLPPYL PSIIASICEN PALQPYRLQQ 70 80 90 100 110 120 AIAASNIPSS PLLFQQSPAL SLVQSLVQTI RAQQLQQLVL PLINQVVLAN LSPYSQQQQF 130 140 150 160 170 180 LPFNQLSTLN PAAYLQQQLL PSSQLATAYC QQQQLLPFNQ LAALNPAAYL QQQILLPFSQ 190 200 210 220 230 240 LAAANRASFL TQQQLLLFYQ QFAANPATLL QLQQLLPFVQ LALTDPAASY QQHIIGGALF

References

[1]	"Each zein gene class can produce polypeptides of different sizes." Viotti A., Cairo G., Vitale A., Sala E. EMBO J. 4:1103-1110(1985) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].

Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBL GenBank DDBJ	X02450 mRNA. Translation: CAA26294.1.
PIR	A22831.
3D structure databases
ModBase	Search...
Protocols and materials databases
StructuralBiologyKnowledgebase	Search...
Organism-specific databases
Gramene	P04702.
MaizeGDB	58096.
Phylogenomic databases
HOGENOM	HOG000033699.
Family and domain databases
InterPro	IPR002530. Zein. [Graphical view]
Pfam	PF01559. Zein. 3 hits. [Graphical view]
ProtoNet	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

ZEA6_MAIZE

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: P04702

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	August 13, 1987
Last sequence update:	August 13, 1987
Last modified:	May 16, 2012
This is version 49 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)

Annotation program

Plant Protein Annotation Program