FT1 — Brachypodium distachyon

Summary

BdFT1 (BRADI_4G13697V3) on chromosome 4 of Brachypodium distachyon encodes a protein of the XG_FTase family with alpha-1,2-fucosyltransferase, xyloglucan 6-xylosyltransferase, UDP-galactosyltransferase, and cellulose synthase activities. The protein localizes to the Golgi stack membrane and endomembrane system. BdFT1 is associated with xyloglucan anabolism and metabolism, glycan biosynthesis, cell wall biogenesis, protein O-linked glycosylation, and arabinogalactan protein metabolism. It is linked to flowering time and heading date, vernalization response, shoot regeneration, pollen wall assembly and tube development, root hair cell development, and root system morphology. Associations also include seed set, silique morphology, plant height, shoot growth angle, aluminum response, salt tolerance, stomatal opening, leaf senescence, and disease tolerance. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to xyloglucan fucosylation, cell wall composition, arabinogalactan protein fucosylation, and leaf fucose content.