CAF — Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Summary

BoCAF (BOLND125_C05P000870.1_BOLND125_V1) on cauliflower chromosome 5 encodes a protein with RNase III, PAZ, dsRBD, and helicase domains, and is annotated with ribonuclease III, helicase, dsRNA binding, miRNA binding, and DNA-binding transcription factor activities. The gene is associated with pri-miRNA and pre-miRNA processing, siRNA and ta-siRNA processing, gene silencing by miRNA-directed mRNA cleavage, regulation of adaxial/abaxial pattern formation, embryonic pattern specification, seed morphogenesis, and maintenance of shoot apical meristem identity. It is linked to numerous traits including leaf, floral organ, and inflorescence morphology, vegetative vigor, viral disease response, root development, embryo development, meristem identity, and responses to osmotic stress and low temperature. Related genes in other species are associated with miRNA production, small RNA biogenesis, flower and embryo development, and resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.