GK — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvGK (BVRB_1G012740) on sugar beet chromosome 1 encodes a protein with acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity, biotin carboxylase activity, methylcrotonoyl-CoA carboxylase (MCCC) activity, and protein folding chaperone activity. It is associated with malonyl-CoA anabolism, fatty acid anabolism, fatty acid elongation, L-leucine breakdown, cold acclimation, response to cytokinin, and embryo, shoot, root, and meristem development. The gene product localizes to mitochondria, chloroplast thylakoid and stroma, cytosol, and nucleus. Phenotypic associations include tolerance to loss of chloroplast translation, plant growth, fruit development, cuticle permeability, very long chain fatty acid biosynthesis, cuticular wax deposition and composition, cell division, and histone acetylation. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to embryo development, freezing tolerance, ethylene biosynthesis, fatty acid composition, and spectinomycin hypersensitivity.