GLYMA_01G064200V4 — Glycine max

Summary

GmAP1 (GLYMA_01G064200V4) on soybean chromosome 1 encodes a MADS-box transcription factor with RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding activity, chromatin binding, and transcription co-regulator activities. The gene is associated with floral whorl development, regulation of double fertilization, release of seed dormancy, and miRNA processing. It has been linked to numerous agronomic traits including legume fruit shattering, fruit yield, seed color, floral organ size and number, leaf morphology, stem thickness, net photosynthetic rate, and vegetative-to-reproductive phase transition. Localization evidence connects the product to the nucleus, cytoplasm, plastid, vacuolar membrane, and plasmodesmata. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to floral meristem identity, fruit development, pod shatter resistance, seed yield, petal and stamen identity, and temperature-responsive flowering.