PNH — Cucumis sativus

Summary

CsPNH (CSA_1G408700) on cucumber chromosome 1 encodes a protein with Argonaute and PAZ domains, and has been annotated with diverse molecular functions including dsRNA and siRNA binding, RNA endonuclease activity, and histone ubiquitin ligase and deubiquitinase activities. The gene is associated with miRNA and siRNA processing, gene silencing, somatic stem cell population maintenance, and temporal regulation of development. It is linked to numerous traits including leaf morphology and polarity, male flowering, flower and fruit development, seed viability and dormancy, photosynthetic ability, and responses to UV light and viruses. Related genes in other species link the family to histone ubiquitination, flowering time, seed dormancy, fungal susceptibility, fruit yield, and axillary bud formation.