BZIP — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoBZIP (BOLC102_C02P029440.1_BOLC102_V1) on cabbage chromosome 2 encodes a bZIP transcription factor of the AtbZIP8/43 family, possessing DNA binding, transcription coactivator activity, and protein homodimerization activity. This nuclear-localized gene is associated with responses to abiotic stimuli including red and far-red light, thermal stimulus, and the MAPK cascade, as well as carbohydrate transport, sucrose metabolism, sulfur metabolism, anthocyanin anabolism, and organogenesis. It is linked to trichome branching and trichome papilla formation, regulation of flower development, and upregulation of defense response. Traits associated with BoBZIP include flowering time, seed viability, drought tolerance, disease tolerance, root oxidative activity, hypocotyl morphology, and jasmonic acid content. Related genes in other species are linked to thermomorphogenesis, light signaling, jasmonate signaling, root system architecture, plant biomass, and defense responses.