H2B — Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Summary

BoH2B (BOLND125_C09P056050.1_BOLND125_V1) on cauliflower chromosome 9 encodes a histone H2B family protein, a structural constituent of chromatin with DNA binding, protein heterodimerization, and DNA transmethylase activity. It is associated with nucleosome assembly, DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin assembly, epigenetic regulation of gene expression, and chromatin organization. The gene is linked to responses to salt, wounding, bacteria, and fungi, as well as defence responses. It has been connected to traits including drought tolerance, seed dormancy, auxin content, and plant growth and development. Localization evidence places the product in the nucleus, nucleolus, cytosol, plastid, chloroplast thylakoid and stroma, and plasmodesmata. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to chromatin structure and transformation efficiency.

Annotations

Chromosome
9
Related genes
H2B, HTA1, HTB11, DMT7
GO terms
DNA Binding, Plastid, Cytosol, Nucleus, response to bacteria, Epigenetic Regulation Of Gene Expression, GO:0000786, Structural Constituent Of Chromatin
Publications
37552957, 23313553, 27525891, 23671690, 22046144, 33113795, 32716939, 27260394
Traits
root-knot nematode resistance, DNA methylation, megaspore mother cell development, other miscellaneous trait, Reactivated GFP Fluorescence in Root Meristems, Severe Growth Retardation, Multiple Developmental Defects, No Flowering, Defective DNA Methylation and Gene Silencing, Impaired Gene Silencing, Reduced DNA Methylation