UGT73AC1 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

UGT73AC1 (also known as UGT73B1) on chickpea chromosome 6 encodes a UDP-glycosyltransferase with multiple glucosyltransferase activities, including anthocyanin 3'-O-beta-glucosyltransferase, abscisic acid glucosyltransferase, and flavonol 3-O-glucosyltransferase activity. The gene is associated with flavonol biosynthesis, saponin and triterpenoid metabolism, and responses to insects, other organisms, and cellular hypoxia. It has been linked to pathogen resistance, the hypersensitive response, reactive oxygen species accumulation, and disease resistance. Related genes in other species link the family to arsenic concentration and disease tolerance traits.