MRF1 — Asparagus officinalis

Summary

A4U43_C02F10900 (MRF1) on asparagus chromosome 2 encodes an uncharacterized protein annotated with multiple molecular functions including DXP-synthase, ethene binding, ribosome binding, calcium-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase, histidine kinase, histone binding, microtubule binding, chromatin binding, transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase, and protein kinase activities. The gene is associated with the MEP pathway, jasmonic acid/ethene-dependent systemic resistance, response to carbon starvation, establishment of planar polarity, auxin polar transport, regulation of stomatal opening, root hair cell differentiation, phloem or xylem histogenesis, and defense response by callose deposition. It is linked to traits including biomass yield, seed yield, carotenoid content, water use efficiency, leaf shattering, herbicide sensitivity, aphid response, aluminum response, and iron concentration. Related genes in other species link the family to ethylene signaling, disease resistance, freezing tolerance, cadmium stress tolerance, and seed size.