WER — Arabidopsis thaliana

Summary

AT5G14750 (WER, also known as MYB66) encodes a protein with a Myb domain and is associated with DNA binding transcription factor activity, protein dimerization activity, protein kinase activity, protein serine/threonine kinase activity, identical protein binding, and protein binding. In Arabidopsis, WER is associated with lateral inhibition, epidermal cell fate specification, hair cell differentiation, upregulation of trichoblast fate, epidermis development, cell fate commitment, stomatal complex formation, trichome spacing, cell development, anisotropic cell growth, nucleosome assembly, sulfation, and mRNA breakdown. The gene is linked to traits including seed color, root epidermal cell length, plant cell shape, leaf trichome density, root hair density, vegetative to reproductive phase transition, iron concentration, flavonoid content, leaf curling, leaf number, cell growth and development, insect damage response, lignin content, root hair length, trichome morphology, stem elongation, brassinosteroid sensitivity, meristem identity, water use efficiency, chloroplast development, sugar content, auxin sensitivity, germination rate, leaf size, root meristem development, anthocyanin content, hypocotyl morphology, low temperature stress response, root length, and plant height. WER localizes to the nucleus, cytoplasm, plasmalemma, vesicles, cell cortex, and root hair, and is associated with pathways including phospho GSK dephosphorylation, BZR/BES phosphorylation, regulation of seed size, seed development,