CI7 — Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Summary

DCAR_009522, also known as DcCI7, encodes a protein with a dehydrin conserved domain on carrot chromosome 3. The gene product is associated with actin and calcium ion binding, transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase activity, mRNA binding, and protein binding. It localises to the actin cytoskeleton, plasmodesmata, membrane, mitochondria, cytosol, plasmalemma, cytoplasm, and nucleus. DcCI7 is linked to responses to desiccation, mannitol, heat, cold, abscisic acid, and osmotic stress, as well as somatic embryogenesis, phloem transport, leaf vascular tissue pattern formation, regulation of seed germination, heat acclimation, auxin and brassinosteroid signalling, protein phosphorylation, and defence against fungi. Associations with leaf vein morphology, photosynthetic rate, and traits such as cold, drought, salt, and dehydration tolerance have been observed. Related genes in other species link the family to chilling tolerance, freezing stress tolerance, and low temperature response.