Bifunctional inhibitor/lipid-transfer protein/seed storage 2S albumin superfamily protein;(source:Araport11)
TAIR Curator Summary:
Encodes a putative apoplastic lipid transfer protein that is involved in systemic acquired resistance. Mutants in this gene exhibit wild-type local resistance to avirulent and virulent Pseudomonas syringae, but pathogenesis-related gene expression is abolished in uninoculated distant leaves and fail to develop SAR to virulent Pseudomonas or Peronospora parasitica. DIR1 protein is cell-to-cell mobile and is transported via phloem sap.
TAIR Short Description:
Bifunctional inhibitor/lipid-transfer protein/seed storage 2S albumin superfamily protein