MMP — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoMMP (BOLC102_C06P048780.1) on cabbage chromosome 6 encodes a protein with metalloendopeptidase activity, zinc binding, and a peptidase M10A domain. The gene is associated with proteolysis, extracellular matrix organization, cell migration, and collagen breakdown. It is linked to developmental vegetative growth, cell growth, negative regulation of leaf senescence, regulation of photoperiodism and flowering, and responses to jasmonic acid, cadmium, salinity, and fungal defence. The product localizes to the extracellular matrix, apoplast, membrane, and plasmalemma. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to plant growth, leaf senescence, flowering time, and resistance to both necrotrophic and biotrophic fungal pathogens, including Botrytis cinerea.