VRN3 — Brachypodium distachyon

Summary

BRADI_2G49795V3 (VRN3) on chromosome 2 of false brome (Brachypodium distachyon) encodes a phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP family). The gene is associated with regulation of timing of transition from vegetative to reproductive phase, photoperiodism flowering, regulation of photoperiodism flowering, inflorescence development, regulation of flower development, flower development, vernalization response, upregulation of vernalization response, downregulation of flower development, response to short-day flowering, response to short-day, memory, and cell differentiation. The encoded protein localizes to the cytoplasm, nucleus, and endoplasmic reticulum. The gene is also associated with anthesis time. Studies of related genes in other species link the PEBP family to seasonality.