SLP — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvSLP (BVRB_9G205310) on sugar beet chromosome 9 encodes a chaperonin with ATP-dependent protein folding chaperone activity, also annotated with protein serine/threonine kinase activity and mRNA binding. The product belongs to the Cpn60/GroEL chaperonin family. In sugar beet, BvSLP is associated with stomatal complex formation, guard mother cell division, symmetric cell division, regulation of cell cycle G1/S phase transition, DNA re-duplication, meiotic cytokinesis, chloroplast organization, and systemic acquired resistance. It localizes to the chloroplast envelope, thylakoid, stromule, preprophase band, and stress granules. The gene is linked to traits including thermotolerance, disease resistance, cell growth and division, stomatal development, endoreduplication, embryo patterning, and root morphology. Related genes in other species are linked to drought tolerance, pathogen resistance, plastid development, and cell cycle control.