BG2 — Brassica napus

Summary

BnBG2 (DARMORV10_C08P32570.1) on chromosome C08 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. This gene is associated with induced systemic resistance, brassinosteroid-mediated signalling, auxin, lignin and phenylpropanoid anabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, leaf senescence, programmed cell death, and responses to cold. It has been linked to root weight, root length, nitrate uptake, seedling growth, leaf composition, organ identity, aphid susceptibility, disease resistance, drought tolerance, salt tolerance, dehydration resistance, osmotic stress response, callose deposition and biosynthesis, cellulose biosynthesis, and resistance to Verticillium dahliae. The encoded protein localises to the plant-type cell wall, apoplast, vacuole, Golgi, mitochondria, cytosol and secretory vesicles. Related genes in other species are linked to pathogen and virus resistance, cell wall modification, organ size, calcium signalling and disease resistance to Botrytis cinerea.