CHS — Glycine max

Summary

GLYMA_08G110801V4 (GmCHS) on soybean chromosome 8 encodes a chalcone synthase, a type-III polyketide synthase. The gene is associated with naringenin-chalcone synthase, chalcone isomerase, flavanone 4-reductase, dihydroflavanol 4-reductase, flavonol synthase, acyltransferase, SUMO transferase and SUMO binding activities. It is linked to the regulation of flavonoid and isoflavonoid metabolism, chalcone and polyketide anabolism, phytoalexin biosynthesis, and responses to UV-A and gravity. Associations with agronomically important traits include seed coat and flower color, hilum color, seed size and thickness, biomass yield, protein and carbohydrate content, leaf pubescence and size, root length, stomatal resistance, transpiration rate, and tolerance to drought, salt, oxidative stress, nitrogen stress and root-knot nematode. The gene also shows connections to anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin production, cytoplasmic male sterility, heterosis and pathogen response.