MMP — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvMMP (BVRB_5G104400) encodes a metallopeptidase with metalloendopeptidase activity, belonging to the M10A_MMP matrix metalloproteinase family. In sugar beet, this gene is associated with extracellular matrix organization, collagen breakdown, proteolysis, and localization to the extracellular matrix, apoplast, and membrane. It is linked to developmental vegetative growth, wound healing, negative regulation of leaf senescence, immune response, innate immunity, defence response to fungi, response to jasmonic acid, calcium signaling, regulation of photoperiodism and flowering, salinity response, and response to cadmium. Associations with nitrate content, drought stress tolerance, auxin transport, root growth and development, resistance to necrotrophic fungal pathogens, fungal disease resistance, and leaf senescence have been noted. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to plant growth, flowering time, senescence, extracellular matrix remodeling, and resistance to biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens.