EREBP — Glycine max

Summary

GmEREBP (GLYMA_07G044300V4) on soybean chromosome 7 encodes a protein with an AP2/ERF DNA-binding domain and transcription coactivator activity. It is associated with the regulation of cellular response to hypoxia, detection of hypoxia, energy homeostasis, and responses to red and far-red light. The gene has been linked to traits including root number, seed protein content, seed longevity, seed size, flowering time, and disease tolerance. Associations with drought tolerance, submergence stress tolerance, anoxia tolerance, hypoxia acclimation, heat tolerance, aluminum tolerance, and Botrytis cinerea resistance have been observed. It is also connected to ethylene sensitivity, jasmonic acid content, oxidative stress response, and root morphology traits. The protein localizes to the nucleus, plasmalemma, and mediator complex. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to hypoxia response, ROS homeostasis, and carotenoid biosynthesis.