AL2 — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoAL2, located on chromosome 5 of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), encodes a transcriptional co-regulator with histone-binding and transcription cis-regulatory region-binding activities, belonging to the Alfin family of PHD-finger proteins. The gene is associated with chromatin organization, maintenance of inflorescence, floral and shoot apical meristem identity, cell fate determination, root hair elongation, root development, and the vegetative-to-reproductive phase transition. It has been linked to traits including flowering time, seed growth and development, carpel morphology, hypocotyl morphology, root morphology, and responses to abscisic acid, jasmonic acid, phosphate starvation, and stress. The product localizes to the nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondria, and PRC1 complex. Related genes in other species are associated with gene silencing.