BAM1 — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C018794.2 (CmBAM1) on melon chromosome 2 encodes a protein belonging to the glycosyl hydrolase 14 family, and also exhibits DNA-binding transcription factor activity and identical protein binding. The gene is associated with maltose anabolism, polysaccharide breakdown, and sucrose metabolism, as well as fruit development and ripening, response to herbivore, cold, and thirst, and regulation of shoot development. It localises to chloroplast stroma, ER, secretory vesicles, cytosol, nucleus, and extracellular space. CmBAM1 is linked to starch degradation, leaf starch content, photosynthetic rate, respiration rate, sugar content, plant growth, meristem function, root and vascular development, male fertility, heat stress tolerance, and disease resistance. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to starch metabolism, shoot apical meristem maintenance, and cold tolerance.