GT7 — Capsicum annuum

Summary

CaGT7 (T459_30830) on pepper chromosome 12 encodes a zeatin O-glucosyltransferase-like protein with UDP-glycosyltransferase activity, including nuatigenin 3-beta-glucosyltransferase, scopoletin glucosyltransferase, flavonol 3-O-glucosyltransferase, and abscisic acid glucosyltransferase activities. The gene is associated with defense responses, immune response, response to other organisms, response to insects, cell death, and innate immunity. It has been linked to bacterial disease response, reactive oxygen species accumulation, hypersensitive response, disease resistance, and pathogen resistance. Associations also include flavonol biosynthesis, steroid metabolism, triterpenoid and saponin anabolism, protein secretion, nuclear transport, and cellular response to hypoxia. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to flavonoid content, fruit size, plant height, and disease tolerance.