CAM — Brachypodium distachyon

Summary

BRADI_3G05760V3 (BdCAM) on chromosome 3 of Brachypodium distachyon encodes a calmodulin-binding protein with transcription coactivator activity, calmodulin binding, sequence-specific DNA binding, and DNA-binding transcription factor activity. It is associated with regulation of monoatomic ion transport, regulation of salicylic acid biosynthetic process, calcium signaling, stomatal closure, defense response to other organism, defense response to fungi, regulation of photomorphogenesis, root meristem growth, adaxial/abaxial pattern specification, and cell division. The protein localizes to the nucleus, cytosol, cytoplasm, plant-type vacuole, and plasmalemma. BdCAM is linked to numerous agronomic traits including seed weight, tiller number, plant height, flowering time, water use efficiency, photosynthetic rate, root length, root hair length, leaf morphology, anther and pistil morphology, anthocyanin content, and abscisic acid sensitivity. Related genes in other species are linked to immunity and disease resistance.