PRS — Cucumis sativus

Summary

CsPRS (CSA_6G301060) on cucumber chromosome 6 encodes a WUSCHEL-like homeodomain transcription factor with DNA-binding and transcription factor activity. The protein localises to the nucleus and is associated with a wide range of developmental processes, including mediolateral and adaxial/abaxial axis specification, leaf and flower development, stipule development, sex determination, plant organ formation, embryogenesis, morphogenesis, and histogenesis of procambium, phloem, and xylem. It is also linked to auxin transport and polar auxin transport. At the trait level, CsPRS has been connected to fruit growth and development, fruit size, and leaf size. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to leaf margin development, lateral organ development, leaf blade outgrowth, and leaf adaxial-abaxial patterning.