Encodes a member of the CC-type glutaredoxin (ROXY) family. CEPD2 is a non secreted polypeptide that is highly similar to CEPD1 which is another member of a novel family related to glutaredoxins. It is induced by nitrogen starvation. It acts downstream of the CEP1 peptide in systemic N-demand signalling .The RNA is expressed in the phloem of cotelydon and leaf vasculature but the peptide is graft transmissible, traveling from the shoot to the root.