NTT — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C014606.2 (CmNTT) on melon chromosome 6 encodes a zinc-finger C2H2 transcription factor with sequence-specific DNA binding activity. The gene is associated with sex determination, carpel development, fruit replum development, transmitting tissue development, and cell fate determination. It has been linked to numerous traits including fruit shape, seed coat color and morphology, seed weight, anthocyanin content, lignin biosynthesis, flowering time, and responses to abiotic stresses such as high and low temperature, oxidative stress, and insect damage. Localisation evidence places the product in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to transmitting tract formation, replum development, proanthocyanidin and anthocyanin accumulation, and resistance against Pseudomonas syringae.