ZIP — Glycine max

Summary

GmZIP (GLYMA_01G053100V4) on soybean chromosome 1 encodes a protein with Piwi, PAZ and RNaseH-like domains and RNA endonuclease activity. It is associated with RNA binding, gene silencing by miRNA, posttranscriptional gene silencing, and ta-siRNA and LsiRNA processing. The gene is linked to temporal regulation of development, vegetative phase change, maintenance of shoot apical meristem identity, microgametogenesis, megagametogenesis, and female meiotic nuclear division. It is linked to phloem loading, electron transport chain, demethylation, glutathione metabolism, queuosine anabolism, zinc import, and upregulation of meiotic DNA double-strand break formation. Associations include drought tolerance, root length, turgor pressure, leaf morphology, leaf development, leaf polarity, antiviral defense, auxin signaling, and juvenile-to-adult transition. The protein localises to the nucleus, nucleolus, cytoplasm and NOR.