CBL — Brachypodium distachyon

Summary

BRADI_1G47910V3 (BdCBL) encodes a protein with cystathionine gamma-synthase, mimosinase, cysteine-S-conjugate β-lyase and carbon-sulfur lyase activities (EC 4.4.1.13), and is a pyridoxal phosphate-binding enzyme. The gene is associated with transsulfuration, de novo L-methionine biosynthesis, selenium metabolism and stress responses, and its product localises to the chloroplast stroma and cytoplasm. BdCBL has been linked to salinity and cold tolerance, as well as to mRNA stability, histone methylation, wound response, sulfur metabolism and high temperature tolerance. Related genes in other species have been linked to methionine accumulation, ethionine resistance, selenium volatilisation, and tolerance to salt, cold, drought, osmotic and heavy metal stress, as well as to grain yield, seed protein and starch content, root development, pollen fertility, and responses to stripe rust and temperature extremes.