NCL — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoNCL, encoded by gene BOLC102_C06P010520.1_BOLC102_V1 on cabbage chromosome 6, is a sodium/calcium exchanger with calcium:proton antiporter activity, calcium ion binding, and mRNA binding. It contains EF-hand domains and a Na/Ca exchanger membrane domain. The protein localises to the vacuolar membrane, plasmalemma, and plasmodesmata. BoNCL is associated with calcium ion homeostasis, sodium transport, cellular salinity response, glucosinolate transport, water transport, secondary metabolism, and memory. It is linked to salt stress tolerance, calcium tolerance, auxin signalling and sensitivity, calcium homeostasis, and stomatal resistance. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to flowering time and salt tolerance traits.