SHD — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoSHD (BOLC102_C07P058480.1) encodes a member of the heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) family, specifically an ATP-dependent protein folding chaperone with additional annotated activities including CDP-glycerol diphosphatase, 2',3'-cyclic-nucleotide 2'-phosphodiesterase, and pectate lyase activities. The gene is associated with defense response to insects, jasmonic acid anabolism, fatty acid beta-oxidation, sterol anabolism, regulation of meristem size, and telomere maintenance. It is linked to traits including floral organ morphology, seed set percent, pollen fertility, sugar content, proline content, cadmium concentration, drought tolerance, flowering time, root development, and insect damage response. The protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum lumen, perinuclear region, secretory vesicles, and plasmodesmata. Related genes in other species connect the family to thermotolerance, salt tolerance, endoplasmic reticulum function, and telomere length regulation.