RSL2 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101488422 (CaRSL2, RSL2) on chickpea chromosome 4 encodes a protein with IND-like, bHLH, and HLH DNA-binding domains. It has RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding, DNA-binding transcription factor activity (RNA polymerase II-specific), protein dimerization activity, DNA binding, and protein binding. CaRSL2 is associated with regulation of short-day photoperiodism (flowering), epidermal cell differentiation, root hair initiation, root hair cell development, regulation of secondary shoot formation, regulation of long-day photoperiodism (flowering), ethylene anabolism, vesicle transport, regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II, pollen development, cell differentiation, response to auxin, upregulation of transcription (DNA-dependent), DNA-dependent transcription, and regulation of DNA-templated transcription. The gene product localizes to the nucleus. It is associated with root hair elongation, root hair development, and root hair growth. Related genes in other species link the family to root hair density, root hair length, and auxin sensitivity.