CAD2 — Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Summary

BoCAD2 (BOLND125_C08P004880.1_BOLND125_V1) on cauliflower chromosome 8 encodes a protein with glutamate-cysteine ligase activity and ATP binding. The gene is associated with glutathione anabolism, indole phytoalexin anabolism, glucosinolate anabolism, defense response to insect, response to ozone, defense response by callose deposition in cell wall, response to cadmium, seed germination, response to jasmonic acid, flower development, response to heat, defence response to bacteria, defence response to fungi, and oxoacid metabolism. It is localised to the chloroplast stroma, plastid and cytosol. Associations with cadmium tolerance, root development, pathogen resistance, disease resistance, auxin transport, resistance to Alternaria brassicicola, shoot branching, glutathione biosynthesis, basal thermotolerance, axillary meristem formation, enhanced susceptibility to bacterial pathogen, reduced camalexin synthesis, anthocyanin accumulation, embryo development, bacterial resistance, lead resistance, root cell division arrest, extreme cadmium sensitivity, reduced fertility, developmental phase transition, reduced bacterial resistance to flg22-induced pathogens, thallium tolerance, endoplasmic reticulum stress response, stress tolerance, cadmium resistance, stomatal closure, glutathione synthesis, cellular redox control, leaf senescence, reoxygenation tolerance, downy mildew resistance, pre-invasive nonhost resistance, and post-invasive nonhost resistance have been reported. Related genes in other species link the family to