PGM — Cicer arietinum

Summary

CaPGM (LOC101490273) on chickpea chromosome 4 encodes a phosphoglucomutase, a protein with alpha-D-phosphohexomutase domains and magnesium binding. The gene is associated with carbohydrate metabolism, including sucrose and starch anabolism, glucose metabolism, and secretion. It is linked to responses to water and cold, detection of gravity, and localisation in the chloroplast stroma, chloroplast envelope, stromule, apoplast, and cytosol. Associations include plant dry weight, chlorophyll content, flower and seed coat color, photosynthetic capacity, starch metabolism, seed oil content, gravitropic and hydrotropic responses, leaf growth pattern, hexose and raffinose accumulation, and cold response. Related genes in other species are linked to starch synthesis and deficiency.