SPL13 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101507938 (CaSPL13) on chickpea chromosome 6 encodes a protein with an SBP domain and is annotated as having DNA-binding transcription activator activity, transcription cis-regulatory region binding, zinc binding, DNA binding, DNA binding transcription factor activity, and protein binding, and is localized to the nucleus. In chickpea, CaSPL13 is associated with anther development, response to fungi, transition from vegetative to reproductive phase, signal transduction, DNA-dependent transcription, and regulation of DNA-templated transcription. The gene has been linked to leaf morphology, vegetative phase change, juvenile-to-adult vegetative transition, vegetative-to-reproductive transition, somatic embryogenesis, oriented cell division, adventitious root development, root apical meristem phase transition, and vegetative phase transition. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to additional traits including plastochron, adventitious root number, vegetative to reproductive phase transition trait, meristem identity, leaf morphology trait, leaf size, and drought tolerance, as well as delayed vegetative phase change and flowering.