CHO — Asparagus officinalis

Summary

AoCHO (A4U43_C10F2750) on asparagus chromosome 10 encodes an uncharacterized protein with ARM_TBCD_2nd, TBCD_C, TBCD, ARM-like, and ARM-type_fold domains, annotated with tubulin-binding and beta-tubulin-binding activities and GAP activity. The gene is associated with the post-chaperonin tubulin folding pathway, tubulin assembly, microtubule-based processes, microtubule cytoskeleton organization, cytokinesis by cell plate formation, protein folding, and embryo development ending in seed dormancy. It localizes to the plasmodesma and cytoplasm. Phenotypic associations include embryo lethality, giant cells, enlarged endosperm nuclei, and seed development. Studies of related genes in other species link the TFC-D family to microtubule organization, embryo-defective phenotypes with enlarged endosperm nuclei, and seed growth and development traits.