COMT — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvCOMT (BVRB_1G002030) on sugar beet chromosome 1 encodes a caffeate O-methyltransferase, a SAM-dependent methyltransferase with a COMT-like dimerisation domain and a winged-helix DNA-binding superfamily domain. The gene is annotated to caffeate O-methyltransferase and O-methyltransferase activities, protein dimerization activity, and is associated with phenylethylamine anabolism, coumarin anabolism, alkaloid anabolism, lignin anabolism, phenylpropanoid anabolism, flavonoid anabolism, alkaloid metabolism, and root development. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to EC 2.1.1.68 (caffeate O-methyltransferase) activity.