GLYMA_02G121600V4 — Glycine max

Summary

GmAP1 (GLYMA_02G121600V4) on soybean chromosome 2 encodes a MADS-box transcription factor with DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific, and is associated with chromatin binding, histone binding, and transcriptional co-regulator activities. The gene is linked to floral whorl development, regulation of double fertilization, and release of seed from dormancy. It has been connected to numerous agronomic traits including legume fruit shattering, fruit yield, seed color, seed coat morphology, floral organ size and number, petal number, stem thickness, leaf length, net photosynthetic rate, and vegetative to reproductive phase transition. Additional associations include pod shatter, inflorescence determinacy, fruit development, and floral meristem identity. The protein localizes to the nucleus, cytoplasm, cytosol, plastid, and plasmodesma. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to floral meristem determination, petal and stamen identity, seed yield, and pod shatter resistance.