PP2 — Cucumis sativus

Summary

CsPP2 (CSA_5G160120) on cucumber chromosome 5 encodes a MYB-family transcription factor with a Myb DNA-binding domain and SANT/Myb motif, localised to the nucleus and annotated with chromatin binding, sequence-specific DNA binding, and transcription cis-regulatory region binding activities. The gene is associated with the regulation of phenylpropanoid, lignin, flavonoid, and L-phenylalanine anabolism, the shikimate pathway, secondary cell wall biogenesis, green leaf volatile biosynthesis, anther wall tapetum development, chlorophyll fluorescence, circadian rhythm, salt response, and response to other organisms. It has been linked to root weight, root dry and fresh weight, salt tolerance, secondary cell wall thickening in anther endothecium, lignin deposition, hypocotyl elongation, and phenylalanine biosynthesis. Related genes in other species connect the family to stem weight, lignin content, drought tolerance, and semidwarf phenotypes.