UniProt functional annotation for P48391

UniProt code: P48391.

Organism: Gerbera hybrida (Daisy).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; asterids; campanulids; Asterales; Asteraceae; Mutisioideae; Mutisieae; Gerbera.
 
Function: Polyketide synthase, which uses acetyl-CoA and two condensation reactions with malonyl-CoA to form triacetic acid lactone (also called methylpyrone), a precursor of phytoalexin. May participate in insect and pathogen resistance. {ECO:0000269|Ref.3}.
 
Similarity: Belongs to the thiolase-like superfamily. Chalcone/stilbene synthases family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.