GLUTR — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoGLUTR (also known as BoHEMA1) on cabbage chromosome 9 encodes a glutamyl-tRNA reductase, with glutamyl-tRNA reductase activity, NADP binding, protein binding, and protein membrane adaptor activity. The gene is associated with chlorophyll anabolism and catabolism, the chlorophyll cycle, heme anabolism, porphyrin-containing compound biosynthesis, oxylipin and anthocyanin anabolism, tetrapyrrole anabolism, response to singlet oxygen, photosynthetic electron transport chain, pigmentation, NO storage, post-embryonic development, and response to light stimulus. It has been linked to leaf color, chlorophyll content, chloroplast development, light intensity response, plant growth and development, and arsenic concentration. The encoded protein localises to the chloroplast thylakoid membrane, envelope, and stroma, and also to the cytosol and plasma membrane. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to chlorophyll biosynthesis, 5-aminolevulinic acid synthesis, plastid signaling, and salt tolerance.