GT7 — Capsicum annuum

Summary

CaGT7 (T459_33527) from pepper (Capsicum annuum) encodes a scopoletin glucosyltransferase, a UDP-glycosyltransferase with multiple annotated activities including flavonol 3-O-glucosyltransferase, quercetin 7-O-glucosyltransferase, anthocyanin 3'-O-beta-glucosyltransferase, abscisic acid glucosyltransferase, and soyasapogenol B glucuronide galactosyltransferase. The gene is associated with defense responses, immune response, response to insects and other organisms, cell death, innate immunity, signal transduction, and virus-induced post-transcriptional gene silencing. It is linked to flavonol and triterpenoid biosynthetic processes, saponin anabolism, protein secretion, nuclear transport, and cellular response to hypoxia. Associations with bacterial disease response, reactive oxygen species accumulation, hypersensitive response, disease resistance, and pathogen resistance have been observed. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to resistance against Pseudomonas syringae and to traits including flavonoid content, fruit size, and plant height.