M2 — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C021912.2 (CmM2) on melon chromosome 12 encodes a protein with cyclophilin-type PPIase and tetratricopeptide repeat domains and exhibits annotated activities including GTP:GDP antiporter, U5 and U2 snRNA binding, L-serine O-acetyltransferase, peroxidase, salicylic acid binding, histone binding, and chromatin binding. The gene is associated with diverse biological processes such as protein proline isomerization, chaperone-mediated protein complex assembly, alternative mRNA splicing, basipetal auxin transport, response to light intensity and sulfate starvation, and regulation of ARF protein signal transduction. It has been linked to numerous agronomic traits including variegated leaf, starch grain synthesis, respiration rate, photosynthetic rate, sucrose content, root hair length, chloroplast development, jasmonic acid content, and responses to temperature stress, light intensity, arsenic, and herbicides. Related genes in other species are associated with water stress tolerance, hydrotropism, phototropism, cold stress response, embryo patterning, and cell polarity.