BG2 — Brassica napus

Summary

BnBG2 (DARMORV10_A09P50190.1) on chromosome A09 of oilseed rape encodes a glycosyl hydrolase family 17 protein with lichenase, cellulase, glucan exo-1,3-beta-glucosidase and glucan endo-1,3-beta-D-glucosidase activities. The gene is associated with induced systemic resistance, brassinosteroid-mediated signalling, leaf senescence, programmed cell death, and response to cold. It is linked to auxin, lignin and phenylpropanoid anabolism, and carbohydrate metabolism. The encoded protein localises to the plant-type cell wall, apoplast, vacuole, Golgi complex, mitochondria and cytosol. Associations with agronomic traits include root weight and length, nitrate uptake, leaf composition, seedling growth, drought and salt tolerance, dehydration resistance, osmotic stress response, aphid susceptibility, disease resistance to Verticillium dahliae, callose deposition, and systemic acquired resistance.