SHD — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoSHD (BOLC102_C01P020590.1_BOLC102_V1) on cabbage chromosome 1 encodes a member of the heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) family, containing Hsp90_N, Hsp90_C and HATPase domains, and is annotated with ATP-dependent protein folding chaperone activity. The gene is associated with diverse biological processes including defense response to insect, fatty acid beta-oxidation, sterol anabolism, regulation of meristem size, and telomere maintenance. It localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum lumen, Golgi complex, plasmodesma, and plant-type cell wall. BoSHD has been linked to traits including floral organ and petal morphology, seed set and viability, pollen fertility, drought tolerance, cadmium concentration, proline and sugar content, flowering time, root development and thickness, and insect damage response. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to thermotolerance, salt tolerance, endoplasmic reticulum function, and telomere length regulation.