MYB3 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101507248, designated CaMYB3 (also known as MYB44, MYB70, MYB77, and NRM1A/B) on chickpea chromosome 8, encodes a MYB transcription factor with DNA-binding, chromatin-binding, and RNA polymerase II-specific transcription factor activity. It is annotated with abscisic acid binding, MAPKK activity, protein phosphatase inhibitor activity, and kinase activity. CaMYB3 is associated with diverse biological processes including inflorescence phyllotactic patterning, vegetative phase change, regulation of stomatal complex patterning, primary root development, regulation of lignin anabolism, camalexin anabolism, positive regulation of auxin mediated signaling pathway and autophagy, and response to herbicide and L-glutamate. The gene is linked to numerous agronomic traits such as seed color and yield, adventitious and lateral root number, shoot growth angle, submergence tolerance, UV light sensitivity, aphid and insect damage response, phosphorus uptake, and photoperiod-sensitive flowering time. It localizes to chromatin, the cytosol, chloroplast stroma, mitochondria, and stress granules.