HSC70 — Arabidopsis thaliana

Summary

AT5G02500 (HSC70, also known as AT-HSC70-1 or HSP70-1) in Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a heat shock cognate protein 70-1, a member of the Hsp70 family with ATPase and ATP-dependent protein folding chaperone activity. It is associated with D-glucose and calcium-dependent phospholipid binding, as well as histone H3K18 acetyltransferase activity. The gene has been linked to basal heat tolerance, protein localization to chloroplasts, mitochondrial matrix protein import, cell wall glycoprotein anabolism, and vitamin A anabolism. It is also connected to traits including copper and cadmium concentration, root width and number, stamen number, petal size, seed longevity and viability, water use efficiency, salt response, bacterial disease response, and reproductive growth time. Related genes in other species are linked to wheat fusarium head blight response and male gametophyte development in rice.