AGR — Cucumis sativus

Summary

CsAGR (CSA_5G576590) on cucumber chromosome 5 encodes a protein with auxin efflux carrier activity, inositol-1,4-bisphosphate 1-phosphatase activity, and clathrin binding, placing it in the auxin efflux carrier family. The gene is associated with auxin signalling, tropism, and anthocyanin accumulation in response to UV light. It is linked to numerous traits including fruit length, seed set percent, leaf vein morphology, shoot growth angle, root hair length, lateral root number, adventitious rootless, and herbicide sensitivity. CsAGR is also connected to phenotypes such as primary root growth, shoot apical dominance, pollen tube growth, vein formation, fruit seedlessness, and wound response. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to root patterning, embryonic pattern formation, and osmotic stress tolerance.