WRKY33 — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoWRKY33 (BOLC102_C04P070650.1) on cabbage chromosome 4 encodes a WRKY-domain transcription factor with DNA-binding, calmodulin-binding, and protein kinase activities, and it acts as a transcriptional co-regulator. The gene is associated with diverse biological processes including jasmonic acid/ethylene-dependent systemic resistance, salicylic acid-mediated signaling, camalexin anabolism, positive regulation of autophagy and leaf senescence, cellular thermotolerance, and responses to light, carbon dioxide, and hypotonic salinity. It is linked to traits such as cadmium concentration, aluminum response, jasmonic acid sensitivity, low-temperature stress response, leaf senescence, flowering time, seed growth and development, root morphology, and disease tolerance. Related genes in other species are associated with pathogen resistance, camalexin production, MAP kinase signaling, stomatal immunity, salt and drought stress responses, and reactive oxygen species homeostasis.