CKX3 — Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Summary

BoCKX3 (CKX3) on chromosome 2 of cauliflower encodes a protein with a cytokinin dehydrogenase domain and FAD binding, and is annotated with cytokinin dehydrogenase activity, primary methylamine oxidase activity, phosphoenolpyruvate/phosphate translocator activity, phosphoglycerate transmembrane transporter activity, antiporter activity, FAD binding, and redox activity. The gene is associated with cytokinin breakdown, cytokinin metabolism, cytokinin signaling, inflorescence development, phosphoglycerate transmembrane transport, and phosphoenolpyruvate transport. Its product localises to plastid inner membrane, chloroplast envelope, vacuole, plastid, ER, extracellular, cytosol, and nucleus. BoCKX3 is associated with traits including chloroplast development, leaf morphology, hypocotyl morphology, flowering time, and disease tolerance. Phenotypic associations include cell proliferation, shoot meristem activity, shoot organ primordia formation, leaf growth, root growth, biomass production, inflorescence meristem size, seed yield, flower organ size, ovule formation, meristem size, leaf area, leaf senescence, palisade cell development, flowering time, nitric oxide homeostasis, stunted growth with male and female gametophyte lethality, pathogen resistance, reticulate leaves with defective mesophyll chloroplast development, light-regulated gene expression, rhizosphere microbiome composition, nuclear gene expression, hypocotyl elongation, photoautotrophic growth, chloroplast development, cadmium stress resistance, leaf morphology, transcriptional gene silencing,