ADC — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvADC (BVRB_9G216250) on sugar beet chromosome 9 encodes an arginine decarboxylase, a PLP-dependent enzyme. The gene is associated with putrescine, spermidine and polyamine anabolism, arginine breakdown, and nicotine anabolism. It is linked to pigmentation, alkaloid metabolism, autotrophy, and responses to jasmonic acid, abscisic acid, cold, wounding, oxidative stress, osmotic stress and salinity. The product localises to the cytosol and nucleus. Associations include photosynthetic rate, root meristem size, seed development and germination, leaf and root development, plant height, iron deficiency tolerance, salt and cold tolerance, bacterial disease resistance, and atrazine tolerance. Studies of related genes in other species link them to drought tolerance, freezing tolerance, polyamine content, root architecture, flowering time and disease resistance.