WRKY25 — Capsicum annuum

Summary

CaWRKY25 (T459_23511) on pepper chromosome 9 encodes a WRKY domain-containing protein with transcriptional co-regulator activity, sequence-specific DNA binding, calmodulin binding, and protein homodimerization activity, localizing to the nucleus. This gene is associated with downregulation of cellular defense response, regulation of antifungal innate immune response, regulation of salicylic acid metabolic process, abscisic acid-mediated signaling involved in stomatal movement, cellular thermotolerance, positive regulation of leaf senescence, induced systemic resistance, response to chitin, response to fungi, response to stress, and downregulation of gibberellic acid mediated signaling. It is linked to submergence tolerance, photosynthetic rate, anthocyanin content, hypocotyl morphology, seed growth and development, oxidative stress response, flowering time, and disease tolerance. Related genes in other species are associated with heat stress tolerance, salt response, ABA sensitivity, and oxidative stress tolerance.