WRKY33 — Brassica napus

Summary

BnWRKY33 (DARMORV10_C07P40280.1) on chromosome C07 of oilseed rape encodes a WRKY-domain transcription factor with DNA-binding, calmodulin-binding, kinase activity, and transcriptional co-regulator functions. It is associated with diverse biological processes including jasmonic acid/ethylene-dependent systemic resistance, regulation of salicylic acid metabolism, camalexin anabolism, cellular thermotolerance, abscisic acid-mediated signalling involved in stomatal movement, male meiosis cytokinesis, and responses to light, carbon dioxide, and hypotonic salinity. The gene is linked to traits such as sodium uptake and content, cadmium concentration, aluminum response trait, jasmonic acid sensitivity, stomatal complex closure time, leaf senescence trait, flowering time trait, seed growth and development trait, root morphology trait, and disease tolerance. Related genes in other species connect it to pathogen resistance, camalexin production, MAP kinase signaling, stomatal immunity, salt and drought stress responses, and reactive oxygen species homeostasis.