FD — Cicer arietinum

Summary

VfFD on chickpea chromosome OX451738.1 encodes a protein with glutamate synthase activity, FAD or FADH2 binding, and a bZIP domain, and is associated with multiple cellular locations including the nucleus, mitochondria, plastid and cytoplasm. The gene is associated with the regulation of photoperiodism and flowering, the transition from vegetative to reproductive phase, meristem determinacy, and responses to sucrose, cold, nitrogen and potassium starvation. Associations with agronomic traits include flowering time, plant height, leaf number and length, fruit number, seed growth and development, inflorescence architecture, photosynthetic ability, disease tolerance, and abiotic stress responses such as to drought and low temperature. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to inflorescence meristem indeterminacy, shoot architecture and photoperiodic flowering.