MEX1 — Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Summary

BoMEX1 (BOLND125_C09P063510.1) on cauliflower chromosome 9 encodes a protein of the MEX1/MEX1-like family, localised to the chloroplast inner membrane and envelope. The gene is associated with maltose porter activity, maltose metabolism, starch breakdown, carbohydrate metabolism, response to gravity, cell communication, multicellular organism development, and response to nematode. It has been linked to leaf chlorophyll content, starch mobilization, and chlorophyll content, as well as phenotypes including maltose transport, maltose excess, chlorosis with starch degradation defects, cold acclimation, starch metabolism, plant growth, frost tolerance, and plant development. Related genes in other species connect the family to starch degradation and pale, maltose-excess phenotypes.

Annotations

Chromosome
9
Related genes
MEX1
GO terms
Plastid, GO:0009507, starch breakdown, maltose porter activity, Cell Communication, carbohydrate metabolism, Chloroplast Envelope, Chloroplast Inner Membrane
Publications
27135490, 23393426, 17919328, PMID:15862090, 17151136, PMID:12766230, 21691153, PMID:28887381
Traits
Pale, Maltose Excess, Chlorotic, Starch Degradation Defects, Maltose Excess, Maltose Excess, 40x Higher Maltose Levels, starch degradation, maltose transport, plant growth, starch metabolism, cold acclimation