CCT — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101504236, designated CaCCT, encodes a Mediator complex subunit of the Med12 family and is a transcriptional co-regulator. Localised to the nucleus and the Mediator complex, this chickpea gene on chromosome 3 is associated with regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II, photoperiodism and flowering, circadian rhythm, cell cycle, and temporal regulation of development. CaCCT is associated with systemic acquired resistance, juvenile-to-adult vegetative phase transition, leaf morphology, root hair development, and salicylic acid accumulation. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to flowering time, root architecture, cold response, and embryo patterning, while sequence similarity links the family to traits including seed weight, seed protein content, flowering time, zinc concentration, and root morphology.