EFS — Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Summary

BoEFS (EFS, SDG8, ASHH2) on cauliflower chromosome 8 encodes a protein with SET domain, AWS domain, zinc finger CW, and post-SET domain, and is annotated with histone H3K4, H3K9, H3K27, and H3K36 methylase activities, histone reader function, and transcription regulator activity. It is associated with regulation of DNA-templated transcription elongation, peptidyl-lysine methylation, macroautophagy, carotenoid metabolism, RNAi-like chromatin silencing, response to diterpene and brassinosteroid stimulus, short-day photoperiodism and flowering, quiescent center organization, nitrate starvation response, circadian clock temperature compensation, root morphogenesis, lateral root development, far-red signaling, and UV protection. The gene is linked to traits including spot blotch, fruit set, copper sensitivity, flower morphology, vegetative vigor, endosperm morphology, nitrogen sensitivity, photoperiod sensitivity, silique morphology, red light sensitivity, plant size, carotenoid content, gibberellin biosynthesis, starch grain synthesis, temperature stress response, anther morphology, yield, UV-B sensitivity, flowering time, transpiration rate, cell growth, adventitious rootless, root oxidative activity, herbicide sensitivity, jasmonic acid sensitivity, stamen length, shoot branching, germination rate, and stem elongation. Related genes in other species are linked to imprinted gene expression, endosperm development, and