FHA — Glycine max

Summary

GmFHA (GLYMA_10G180600V4) on soybean chromosome 10 encodes a cryptochrome/photolyase family protein with blue light photoreceptor activity, DNA photolyase activity, histone kinase activity, and FAD binding. This gene is associated with regulation of post-embryonic development, circadian regulation of gene expression, photoentrainment of the circadian clock, photoreactive repair, spindle orientation, and responses to hormones and strigolactone. It has been linked to yield, photosynthetic ability, photoperiod-sensitive flowering time, leaf angle, leaf temperature, drought stress response, temperature stress response, viral disease response, molybdenum content, phosphorus uptake, and glyphosate sensitivity. The protein localizes to the nucleus, cytoplasm, plasmalemma, mitochondria, plant-type vacuole, and nuclear ubiquitin ligase complexes. Studies of related genes in other species link the cryptochrome family to photoperiodic flowering, photomorphogenesis, circadian clock entrainment, biomass production, seed dormancy, and stress resistance.