EFE — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoEFE (EFE, ACO4, EAT1) on cabbage chromosome 5 encodes a protein with a DIOX_N domain and an IPNS-like Fe2OG oxygenase domain, and has ACC oxidase activity, 2-oxoglutarate dioxygenase activity, vitamin C binding, and metal binding. The gene is associated with ethylene biosynthesis and sensitivity, anthocyanin content and pigmentation, anther development, microsporogenesis, pollen exine formation, organogenesis, meiosis, fruit ripening, defence response, response to fungi and fungal molecules, metabolic burst, signal transduction, coumarin and anthocyanin anabolism, cellular response to fatty acid, and response to activity. It is linked to disease resistance, nitrogen deficiency response, and localises to the cytosol, cytoplasm, extracellular region and stress granules. Related genes in other species connect the family to seedling growth and various climate-related traits.