PRS — Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Summary

BoPRS (BOLND125_C04P062540.1) on cauliflower chromosome 4 encodes a WUSCHEL-like homeodomain transcription factor that localises to the nucleus and binds DNA. The gene is associated with flower development, plant organ formation, and the specification of adaxial/abaxial and mediolateral axes. It has been connected to stipule development, regulation of epidermal cell division, procambium histogenesis, and phloem or xylem histogenesis. Associations with floral organ identity, leaf adaxial-abaxial patterning, leaf blade outgrowth, leaf margin development, and lateral organ development have been noted. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to leaf shape, leaf margin morphology, sepal morphology, altered floral development, cell proliferation, leaf flattening, and biomass accumulation.