FLP1 — Brachypodium distachyon

Summary

BdFLP1 (BRADI_1G18240V3) on chromosome 1 of Brachypodium distachyon encodes a protein that binds GTP and other proteins. It is associated with the regulation of flower development, the transition from vegetative to reproductive phase, shade avoidance, stomatal complex patterning and development, circadian behavior, and responses to auxin and gibberellin. The gene is also linked to downregulation of the mitotic metaphase/anaphase transition and far-red signaling. Its product localizes to the nucleus, cytoplasm, nucleolus, mitochondria, and RNA polymerase II, IV, and V complexes. Associations with anthesis time, floral induction, male sterility, pollen exine formation, sporopollenin and wax biosynthesis, stomatal differentiation and patterning, dwarfism, and late flowering have been reported. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to flowering time, root development, auxin responses, cell division, and adventitious root formation.