FT1 — Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Summary

DCAR_016572 (DcFT1, also known as DcFUT3) on carrot chromosome 5 encodes a protein with alpha(1,2)-L-fucosyltransferase and transglycosidase activities, belonging to the XG_FTase family. The gene is associated with xyloglucan anabolism, cell wall biogenesis and organization, circadian rhythm, and carbohydrate metabolism, and its product localizes to the Golgi stack membrane. In carrots, DcFT1 is associated with flowering time. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to additional traits including female flowering, fruit diameter, length, weight, shape and size, carpel number, seedling hypocotyl length, seed dormancy, flowering time, and photochemical quenching.