WRKY12 — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C007458.2 (CmWRKY12) encodes a WRKY transcription factor with sequence-specific DNA binding activity, localised to the nucleus. In melon, it is associated with fruit bitterness, and with processes including sclerenchyma cell differentiation, lignin anabolism, cell wall biogenesis, camalexin anabolism, autophagy, systemic acquired resistance, and responses to cadmium, heat, jasmonic acid, abscisic acid, gibberellin, and osmotic stress. It is also linked to submergence tolerance, shoot branching, root development, seedling growth, disease tolerance, salt tolerance, and traits such as stem stiffness, secondary cell wall formation, iron accumulation in seeds, flowering time, and hypoxia tolerance. Related genes in other species connect the family to resistance to Botrytis cinerea, camalexin biosynthesis, and redox homeostasis.