PRP1 — Capsicum annuum

Summary

CaPRP1 (T459_23083) on pepper chromosome 9 encodes a glutathione S-transferase (GST) with glutathione transferase activity (EC 2.5.1.18), belonging to the Tau-class GST family. The gene is associated with diverse biological processes including glutathione metabolism, hormone metabolism (auxin, gibberellin, abscisic acid, cytokinin signaling), calcium signaling, response to metal, response to heat, defense response, immune response, cell death, virus-induced PTGS, chromatin modeling, and homeostasis. It is linked to the cytoplasm. CaPRP1 has been associated with chilling stress response, net photosynthetic rate, photosynthetic rate, and chlorophyll content. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to glutathione transferase activity and auxin response.