NCL — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoNCL (BOLC102_C03P098090.1) on cabbage chromosome 3 encodes a sodium/calcium exchanger with calcium:proton antiporter activity, calcium ion binding, and mRNA binding, featuring EF-hand domains and a Na/Ca exchanger membrane domain. The protein localises to the vacuolar membrane, plasmalemma, and plasmodesmata. It is associated with calcium ion homeostasis, sodium transport, water transport, glucosinolate transport, cellular salinity response, secondary metabolism, and memory. The gene is linked to salt stress tolerance, calcium tolerance, auxin signalling and sensitivity, and stomatal resistance. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to salt tolerance and flowering time traits.