CXE8 — Capsicum annuum

Summary

CaCXE8 (T459_12583, chromosome 4) encodes a protein with alpha/beta hydrolase fold domains and annotated 4-hydroxyphenylacetate decarboxylase, carboxylesterase, isomerase, lyase, and hydrolase activities, as well as gibberellin binding. The gene is associated with strigolactone metabolism, gibberellic acid signaling, hormone-mediated signaling, floral organ morphogenesis, fruit development, indole alkaloid and alkaloid metabolism, appressorium formation, defense response, cell death, and response to fungi. It is linked to disease tolerance, disease resistance, and anthracnose resistance. The protein localizes to the cytosol, cytoplasm, and nucleus. Related genes in other species are linked to leaf senescence, plant height, drought tolerance, branching, tillering, silk growth, anthesis-silking interval, fungal resistance, anthesis silking interval, tiller formation, cytoplasmic male sterility, stem senescence, and shoot axis branching.