M2 — Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Summary

DCAR_024654 (DcM2) on carrot chromosome 7 encodes a cyclophilin-type peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase) with a cyclophilin-type PPIase domain, and is annotated with additional molecular functions including GTP:GDP antiporter activity, U5 and U2 snRNA binding, L-serine O-acetyltransferase activity, peroxidase activity, and salicylic acid binding. The gene is associated with diverse biological processes such as protein proline isomerization, chaperone-mediated protein complex assembly, alternative mRNA splicing, response to light intensity, and cysteine anabolism. It has been linked to traits including photosynthetic rate, respiration rate, sucrose content, root hair length, root mass density, chloroplast development, jasmonic acid content, heat stress tolerance, disease resistance, and gravitropism. Related genes in other species connect the cyclophilin family to embryo patterning, phototropism, hydrotropism, cold stress tolerance, and drought response.