CRB — Camelina sativa

Summary

CsCRB (CSA14G010760) in Camelina sativa encodes a protein with UDP-glucose 4-epimerase activity, RNA and DNA binding, and transcription factor activity, and belongs to the epimerase/dehydratase and NAD(P)-binding domain superfamilies. It is associated with plastid translation, chloroplast organization, photomorphogenesis, circadian clock entrainment, and responses to light intensity, drought, wounding, and auxin. The gene is linked to traits including seed protein content, seed viability, flowering time, photoperiod sensitivity, leaf drying, starch mobilization, hybrid incompatibility, and seedling hypocotyl length. It localizes to the plastid nucleoid, plastid-encoded RNA polymerase complex, stromule, chloroplast thylakoid, envelope, and ribosome. Related genes in other species link the family to chloroplast development, photosystem II efficiency, and plastid gene expression, as well as flowering time, circadian rhythms, and thermoresponsive growth.