ACO1 — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoACO1, the cabbage (Brassica oleracea) gene on chromosome 8, encodes a protein with ACC oxidase activity, 2-oxoglutarate dioxygenase activity, vitamin C binding, and metal binding, placing it in the DIOX_N and IPNS-like Fe2OG oxygenase domain families. The gene is associated with ethylene biosynthesis and sensitivity, anthocyanin and coumarin anabolism, pigmentation, fruit ripening, seed germination and dormancy, metabolic burst, and responses to fungal molecules, fatty acids, nitric oxide, and potassium starvation. It is linked to protein content, salt stress tolerance, resistance to necrotrophic infection, gravitropic response, and signal transduction, and localises to the cytoplasm. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to ethylene production, lateral root development, iron acquisition and deficiency responses, and plant growth.