ADF — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvADF (BVRB_5G121090) on sugar beet chromosome 5 encodes a protein of the ADF/cofilin family, with actin-binding and F-actin-binding molecular functions. The gene is associated with actin depolymerization, mitosis, signal transduction, defense response, and response to salt stress, as well as with wound healing, hemostasis, red blood cell aggregation, nitric oxide storage, carbohydrate metabolism, and homeostasis. It is linked to the actin cytoskeleton and cytoplasm. A salinity tolerance trait has been connected to this gene. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to root development and actin cytoskeleton organization, and have also associated it with fruit size and root development traits.