FBA — Cucumis sativus

Summary

CsFBA (CSA_3G750920) on cucumber chromosome 3 encodes a fructose-bisphosphate aldolase (EC 4.1.2.13) with an aldolase TIM barrel domain. It is associated with fructose 1,6-bisphosphate metabolism, glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, the Calvin cycle, the pentose-phosphate shunt, and aerobic respiration. The gene is linked to net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, photochemical quenching, stomatal resistance and closure, respiration rate, and seedling growth and development. It has been connected to germinability at low temperature, root thickness, disease tolerance, salt stress adaptation, heat stress tolerance, and fertility. Localisation evidence places the product at the mitochondrial and chloroplast envelopes, the apoplast, the cell wall, the vacuole, and the ER. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to photosynthesis, chilling tolerance, salt tolerance, disease resistance, and plant growth.