CCT3 — Camelina sativa

Summary

CsCCT3 (CSA20G052760) on Camelina sativa chromosome 20 encodes a T-complex protein 1 subunit gamma, a chaperonin of the TCP-1/GroEL family with ATP-dependent protein folding chaperone activity and ATP hydrolase activity. The gene is associated with protein folding and refolding, heat acclimation, inflorescence development, and upregulation of transport, as well as protein-peroxisome targeting. It localises to the cytosol, cytoplasm, nucleus, plastid, plasmodesma, the TriC complex, and the Cul4-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. CsCCT3 is linked to leaf temperature, selenium content, and sulfur content, and to phenotypes including proteotoxic stress tolerance, peroxisome function, and PTS2 protein import into peroxisomes. Related genes in other species are associated with nitric oxide production and cadmium tolerance.