EBP — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvEBP (BVRB_7G163350) on sugar beet chromosome 7 encodes an AP2/ERF domain-containing transcription factor with DNA-binding, transcription coactivator activity, and additional molecular functions including lead ion and fatty-acyl-CoA binding. The gene is associated with responses to hypoxia, anoxia, ethylene stimulus, nitrate starvation, and superoxide, as well as wound healing, lipid transport, nitric oxide anabolism, and regulation of root development and gene expression. It localizes to the nucleus, cytosol, plasma membrane, and endoplasmic reticulum. Associations with agronomic traits include yield, seed set percent, shoot elongation, root hair length, vegetative growth time, plant male sterility, and sensitivity to gibberellic acid, jasmonic acid, cytokinin, and brassinosteroids. The gene is also linked to hypoxia tolerance, waterlogging stress tolerance, submergence tolerance, lead accumulation, and freezing tolerance. Related genes in other species connect the family to hypoxia response and root development.