D11 — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C008128.2, also known as CmD11, encodes a protein containing a TGA domain and a bZIP domain. The product exhibits salicylic acid binding, calmodulin binding, and transcription coactivator activity, and is associated with disulfide oxidoreductase activity. In melon, this gene is linked to cold tolerance. It is associated with diverse biological processes including bract and petal formation, nectary and stamen development, meristem determinacy, and regulation of systemic acquired resistance and regulation of defence response to bacteria. The gene is also linked to responses to photooxidative stress, nitrate starvation, and superoxide. Associations with agronomic traits include bacterial blight disease resistance, cucurbit downy mildew response, drought sensitivity, seed set percent, plant male sterility, and flower abscission zone morphology. The protein localises to the nucleus, cytosol, mitochondria, and plasmalemma.