EF1A — Asparagus officinalis

Summary

A4U43_C05F2330 (symbol EF1A) in asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) encodes a translation elongation factor EFTu/EF1A C-terminal domain-containing protein with GTPase activity, translation elongation factor activity, and SUMO transferase activity. It is associated with translation elongation, sumoylation, regulation of metabolism, and response to abscisic acid. The gene has been linked to embryo development ending in seed dormancy, plant stress response, photosynthetic rate, stomatal opening, flowering time, and root morphology traits. It localizes to multiple cellular compartments including the cytosol, chloroplast stroma, mitochondria, nucleolus, vacuole, and plasmodesmata. Studies of related genes in other species connect the EF1A family to immune response and embryo viability.