WRKY33 — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoWRKY33 (BOLC102_C07P045020.1) on cabbage chromosome 7 encodes a WRKY-domain transcription factor with DNA-binding, calmodulin-binding, and protein kinase activities. It is associated with jasmonic acid/ethylene-dependent systemic resistance, salicylic acid-mediated signaling, camalexin anabolism, and positive regulation of leaf senescence and autophagy. The gene is linked to cellular response to light stimulus, cellular response to carbon dioxide, hypotonic salinity response, abscisic acid mediated signalling involved in stomatal movement, and cellular thermotolerance. It localizes to the nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondria, and cell plate. Associations with traits include cadmium concentration, aluminum response trait, jasmonic acid sensitivity, abiotic plant stress response trait, stomatal complex closure time, low temperature stress response, leaf senescence trait, flowering time trait, seed growth and development trait, disease tolerance, SALTTL, and root morphology trait. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to pathogen resistance, camalexin production, MAP kinase signaling, stomatal immunity, and drought stress response.