COMT — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvCOMT (BVRB_1G002050) 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 associated with lignin, phenylpropanoid, flavonoid, alkaloid and phenylethylamine anabolism, as well as alkaloid metabolism and root development. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to EC 2.1.1.68 (caffeate O-methyltransferase) and EC 2.1.1.169, though these activities are not yet established for the sugar beet gene itself.

Annotations

Chromosome
1
GO terms
Caffeate O-methyltransferase Activity, O-methyltransferase Activity, phenylpropanoid anabolism, flavonoid anabolism, alkaloid metabolism, SAM-dependent methyltransferase activity, Root Development, GO:0032259
Publications
PMID:38835170, PMID:36931121, PMID:37675639, PMID:20049267, PMID:18397325, PMID:16730127, PMID:17976886, PMID:12084826