MAP65-1 — Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Summary

BoMAP65-1 on cauliflower chromosome 9 encodes a microtubule-associated protein of the MAP65_Ase1_PRC1 family that binds microtubules, mediates protein dimerization and protein binding, and is annotated to microtubule bundling, nucleation, assembly and polymerization upregulation, as well as cytokinesis by cell plate formation, cortical microtubule organization, cell growth, and post-embryonic root development. The protein localizes to the mitotic spindle, preprophase band, cortical microtubules, plastid, cytoplasm and nucleus. BoMAP65-1 is associated with root elongation, salt tolerance, axial cell growth and hypocotyl growth anisotropy. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to microtubule polymerization, organization, stabilization, cytokinesis, mitotic progression, cell division and disease resistance.