WRKY24 — Brassica juncea

Summary

BJUB08G42150S (BjWRKY33, also known as WRKY24) encodes a WRKY-domain transcription factor with DNA-binding, calmodulin-binding, and protein kinase activities, and functions as a transcriptional co-regulator. It is associated with diverse biological processes including jasmonic acid/ethylene-dependent systemic resistance, salicylic acid-mediated signaling, camalexin anabolism, cellular thermotolerance, abscisic acid-mediated signalling involved in stomatal movement, and positive regulation of leaf senescence and autophagy. The gene is linked to agronomically important traits such as drought tolerance, water use efficiency, salt tolerance, cadmium concentration and tolerance, aluminum response, disease tolerance, flowering time, seed growth and development, root morphology, and stomatal complex closure time. Related genes in other species connect it to pathogen resistance, camalexin production, MAP kinase signaling, and responses to salt, drought, and oxidative stress.