MS5 — Brassica napus

Summary

BnMS5 (MS5) on chromosome A03 of oilseed rape encodes a protein with a TPR-like helical domain and belongs to the MS5/SDI1 family. It is annotated with protein binding molecular function. The gene is associated with meiotic processes including leptotene, pachytene, meiotic prophase I, meiosis I, male meiotic nuclear division, and the meiotic cell cycle, as well as microsporogenesis, pollen exine formation, and negative regulation of translation. It localises to the nucleus and P body. Associations with heterosis, cell cycle transitions, meiotic progression and termination, gametophytic development, and meiotic division have been noted. Related genes in other species are linked to meiotic exit, male fertility, seed development, and genomic imprinting.