HIS3 — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvHIS3 (BVRB_1G010010) on sugar beet chromosome 1 encodes an imidazoleglycerol-phosphate dehydratase. The gene is annotated to histidine anabolism, metal binding, and imidazoleglycerol-phosphate dehydratase activity, and is associated with nuclear export and the histidine biosynthesis I pathway. Studies of the Arabidopsis relative link the family to herbicide sensitivity. The gene is also associated with photochemical quenching, root morphology traits, and salt tolerance through sequence similarity to related genes in other species.