GGR — Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Summary

BoGGR (GGR) on cauliflower chromosome 1 encodes a polyprenyl synthetase with all-trans-nonaprenyl-diphosphate synthase (geranyl-diphosphate specific) activity, also annotated as farnesyltranstransferase, geranyltranstransferase and dimethylallyltransferase. The gene is associated with geranylgeranyl diphosphate, geranyl diphosphate, farnesyl diphosphate, carotenoid, plastoquinone, monoterpene, isoprenoid and terpenoid biosynthesis, as well as chloroplast localisation, protein import into chloroplasts, and responses to herbivores, insects, jasmonic acid and salicylate. It has been linked to linolenic acid content, chlorophyll content, leaf composition, root thickness, plastid and chloroplast development, seedling lethality, cold stress response, photosynthesis, and lipid metabolism. Related genes in other species are linked to chloroplast protein import, plastid biogenesis and embryo viability.