FT1 — Brachypodium distachyon

Summary

BdFT1 (BRADI_5G11770V3) on chromosome 5 of Brachypodium distachyon encodes a protein of the XG_FTase family with alpha-1,2-fucosyltransferase activity, xyloglucan 6-xylosyltransferase activity, and other transferase activities. The gene is associated with xyloglucan and cell wall biogenesis, glycan biosynthesis, protein O-linked glycosylation, and arabinogalactan protein metabolism. It localises to the Golgi membrane and endomembrane system. BdFT1 is linked to heading time, flowering time, anthesis, plant height, shoot growth angle, root system morphology, root hair length and thickness, seed set, pollen fertility, leaf composition, stomatal opening, leaf senescence, aluminium response, and disease tolerance. Related genes in other species are associated with xyloglucan fucosylation, cell wall composition, arabinogalactan protein fucosylation, and leaf fucose content.