CAF — Capsicum annuum

Summary

CaCAF (T459_29476) on pepper chromosome 12 encodes an endoribonuclease Dicer-like protein 2, containing RNase III, PAZ, DEAD/DEAH-box helicase, and Dicer dimerisation domains. The gene is associated with ribonuclease III activity, dsRNA binding, helicase activity, miRNA binding, and DNA demethylase activity. It has been linked to pre-miRNA processing, ta-siRNA processing, gene silencing by miRNA, regulation of seed maturation, embryonic pattern specification, and suspensor development. Associations with agronomically relevant traits include viral disease response, herbicide sensitivity, osmotic response sensitivity, seed dormancy, vegetative vigor, leaf morphology, root mass density, and pollen fertility restoration. The gene is also connected to antiviral defense, herbivore resistance, resistance to Fusarium brachygibbosum and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, jasmonic acid-isoleucine accumulation, and nicotine accumulation.