KIN1 — Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Summary

BoKIN1 (KIN1) on cauliflower chromosome 9 encodes a protein belonging to the LEA1/2/D7/KIN2 family and possesses multiple annotated molecular functions including protein serine/threonine kinase activity, chitin and chitosan binding, and histone binding. The gene is associated with cold acclimation, seed germination, ABA signaling, osmotic response, and red/far-red light signaling. It has been linked to bacterial blight disease resistance, disease tolerance, flowering time, seed dormancy, stomatal complex closure time, and responses to salt, drought, cold, and high light stress. Localisation evidence places the product in the nucleus, cytosol, plastid, nucleolus, and extracellular space. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to cold regulation, stress tolerance, bacterial and fungal disease resistance, and chromatin structure.