CHS — Glycine max

Summary

GmCHS (GLYMA_11G011500V4) encodes a protein with chalcone/stilbene synthase and polyketide synthase type-III domains, and is annotated with chalcone isomerase, naringenin-chalcone synthase, flavanone 4-reductase, dihydroflavanol 4-reductase, flavonol synthase, acyltransferase, SUMO transferase, and SUMO binding activities. This soybean gene on chromosome 11 is associated with seed coat and flower color, hilum color, seed weight and size, protein and sucrose content, biomass yield, root length and morphology, stem elongation, transpiration rate, stomatal resistance and opening, chlorophyll content, flowering time, and responses to UV light, salt stress, drought, oxidative stress, and root-knot nematodes. It is linked to anthocyanin, flavonoid, proanthocyanidin, and isoflavonoid phytoalexin biosynthesis, as well as to cytoplasmic male sterility and stamen morphology. Related genes in other species connect it to flavonoid production, seed coat pigmentation, UV-B sensitivity, male fertility, and defense responses.