SVP — Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Summary

BoSVP (BOLND125_C04P056070.1_BOLND125_V1) on cauliflower chromosome 4 encodes a MADS-box transcription factor containing K-box and MEF2-like domains, with annotated activities including DNA-binding transcription regulator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific transcription factor activity, and chromatin binding. This gene is associated with the negative regulation of seed maturation, floral whorl development, maintenance of inflorescence and floral meristem identity, fruit abscission and dehiscence, photoperiodism, and gibberellin catabolism. It is linked to numerous traits including days to flowering, photoperiod sensitivity, vegetative-to-reproductive phase transition, leaf number, flower and fruit morphology, seed yield, sulfur content, and responses to aphids and temperature stress. Related genes in other species connect the family to temperature-responsive flowering, floral meristem determination, circadian clock regulation, and biomass yield.