HSP70 — Asparagus officinalis

Summary

A4U43_C05F17780, symbol HSP70 on asparagus chromosome 5, encodes a heat shock 70 family protein with ATP hydrolase activity, ATP binding, heat shock protein binding, and protein folding chaperone functions. The gene is associated with response to heat, response to stress, response to virus, protein refolding, the ERAD pathway, and the endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response. It is also associated with progesterone anabolism, steroidogenesis, lipid metabolism, homeostasis, memory, and pollen tube growth. The encoded protein localises to the cytoplasm, nucleus, membrane, chloroplast membrane, ER lumen, ER chaperone complex, and axonemal central pair projection. Related genes in other species link the family to fruit length and plant height traits.