BOA — Glycine max

Summary

GmBOA (GLYMA_01G162600V4) on soybean chromosome 1 encodes a LUX/BOA-like protein with DNA-binding and protein homodimerization activity, localizing to the nucleus. This gene is associated with photoperiodism, flowering time, circadian rhythm entrainment, and regulation of photomorphogenesis, as well as red/far-red light signaling, chlorophyll anabolism, nitrogen fixation, stomatal movement, and hormone anabolism. It has been linked to traits including flowering time, photoperiod sensitivity, seed size and viability, leaf growth and senescence, seedling hypocotyl length, hybrid incompatibility, and temperature stress response. Phenotypic associations include circadian gene expression, photoperiodic flowering, seed dormancy, aphid resistance, pathogen defense, jasmonic acid and salicylic acid signaling, and autophagy regulation. Related genes in other species are linked to circadian rhythms, hypocotyl length, freezing tolerance, and disease resistance.