CHO — Asparagus officinalis

Summary

A4U43_C10F2760 (AoCHO) encodes a tubulin-folding cofactor D ARM repeats domain-containing protein. The gene product exhibits tubulin binding and beta-tubulin binding activities, as well as GAP activity. AoCHO 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. The gene has been connected to embryo lethal, giant cells, and enlarged endosperm nuclei phenotypes, as well as seed development. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to microtubule organization and seed growth and development traits.