ECR — Camelina sativa

Summary

CsECR (CSA06G029970) on Camelina sativa chromosome 6 encodes a protein with acetoacetyl-CoA reductase, trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase (NADPH), ketoreductase, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase, and protein tyrosine phosphatase activities, and belongs to the SRD5A/TECR and 3-oxo-5_a-steroid_4-DH_C domain families. It is associated with very-long-chain fatty acid metabolism and anabolism, wax anabolism, suberin biosynthesis, cutin-based cuticle development, sphingolipid metabolism, brassinosteroid biosynthesis, trichome branching and papilla formation, embryonic pattern specification, seed development, lateral root development, cell polarization, polar cell growth, and response to cytokinin. The gene is linked to traits including drought and salt tolerance, photosynthetic rate, root mass density and thickness, leaf composition, plant male sterility, and high temperature stress response. It localizes to the ER membrane, fatty acid elongase complex, cell wall, chloroplast thylakoid membrane, mitochondria, cytosol, and nucleus. Related genes in other species are associated with cuticular wax formation, pollen fertility, root hair elongation, and very-long-chain fatty acid biosynthesis.