TRY — Arabidopsis thaliana

Summary

AT5G53200, known as TRY (TRIPTYCHON), encodes a MYB-family transcription factor with DNA-binding and protein dimerization activity. In Arabidopsis thaliana, TRY is associated with epidermal cell fate specification, lateral inhibition, and regulation of trichome spacing and morphogenesis. It is linked to stomatal complex formation, root hair differentiation, and cell cycle control. TRY is localized to the nucleus, root hairs, and mitochondria. The gene is associated with numerous traits including leaf trichome density and morphology, root hair density and length, seed color and coat morphology, anthocyanin and flavonoid content, iron concentration, leaf lamina area, flowering time, and biomass. TRY also shows associations with trichome clustering, patterning, and branching phenotypes, as well as root meristem development and phosphate starvation response. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to epidermal hair differentiation, stomatal formation, and anthocyanin production.