PAL — Brachypodium distachyon

Summary

BdPAL (BRADI_3G47110V3) on chromosome 3 of Brachypodium distachyon encodes a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (EC 4.3.1.24) with additional tyrosine ammonia-lyase activity, ammonia-lyase activity, amino acid binding, protein dimerization activity, and DNA-binding transcription factor activity. The gene is associated with phenylpropanoid, lignin, salicylic acid, cinnamic acid, and ethylene biosynthesis, as well as salicylic acid and lignin breakdown. It is linked to drought recovery, guard cell fate commitment, guard mother cell differentiation, negative regulation of cytokinin signalling, and responses to low humidity and UV light. Associations include photosynthetic rate, IAA content, pathogen resistance, salt stress tolerance, freezing tolerance, flavonoid and anthocyanin accumulation, and herbicide resistance. The product localises to the cytosol, cytoplasm, nucleus, and SCF complex.