NTT — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C003009.2 (CmNTT) on melon chromosome 10 encodes a C2H2 zinc-finger transcription factor of the WIP family, with DNA-binding and transcription factor activity. The gene is associated with sex determination, carpel development, fruit replum development, transmitting tissue development, and cell fate determination. It is linked to seed coat color and morphology, seed weight, fruit shape, anthocyanin content and metabolism, proanthocyanidin biosynthesis, lignin biosynthesis, flowering time, and responses to abiotic stresses including high and low temperature, oxidative stress, and insect damage. Localization evidence places the product in both the nucleus and cytoplasm. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to transmitting tract formation, replum development, anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin accumulation, and resistance against Pseudomonas syringae.