AGL24 — Brassica juncea

Summary

BJUA01G30770S (AGL24) on Indian mustard chromosome A01 encodes a MADS-box transcription factor containing K-box and MEF2-like domains, with RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding and protein dimerization activities. It is associated with the regulation of vernalization response, including both its downregulation and upregulation, cold acclimation, photoperiodic flowering control, flower development, seed development, cell differentiation, and brassinosteroid-mediated signalling. The gene has been connected to meristem identity and plant height. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to similar developmental and flowering-time processes.