BAM5 — Glycine max

Summary

GmBAM5 (GLYMA_06G301500V4) on soybean chromosome 6 encodes a beta-amylase, characterized by the Glyco_hydro_14 domain family and beta-amylase activity, and also associates with identical protein binding. The gene is associated with starch breakdown and polysaccharide breakdown, as well as with mycose metabolism, fermentation, the glyoxylate cycle, and the TCA cycle. It is associated with protein acetylation, protein processing, and protein synthesis, and with nutrient storage, digestion, response to herbivore, cell wall modification, cell growth, and developmental processes. The encoded product localizes to secretory vesicles and the extracellular region. GmBAM5 has been connected to starch content, biomass yield, protein content, germination rate, and plant height, and to leaf starch degradation. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to reduced beta-amylase in leaves and stems and increased starch content after cold shock.