BGAL7 — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoBGAL7 (BOLC102_C09P058740.1_BOLC102_V1) on cabbage chromosome 9 encodes a protein with a glycoside hydrolase family 35 catalytic domain and a galactose-binding lectin domain. The gene is associated with beta-galactosidase activity and sugar binding, and is linked to galactose breakdown, carbohydrate metabolism, digestion, stigma development, arginine anabolism, cytokinin signaling, cell division, and plant-type cell wall modification. It is associated with vacuolar, apoplastic, extracellular, and plant-type cell wall localization. BoBGAL7 is also connected to self-incompatibility. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23) activity and pollen development.