SUCS — Glycine max

Summary

GmSUCS (GLYMA_13G114000V4) on soybean chromosome 13 encodes a sucrose synthase, possessing sucrose synthase activity and transglycosidase activity, and also annotated with DNA-binding transcription factor activity. The gene is associated with a wide range of traits including grain yield, seed protein content, sucrose and starch content, leaf chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, rubisco content, stem strength, root weight, nitrogen content, and nitrate transport. It is linked to hypoxia tolerance, drought response, cold stress tolerance, and osmotic stress response. The product localises to the cytosol, nucleus, vacuole, and plasmodesmata, and is associated with processes including sucrose breakdown, hexose metabolism, carbohydrate anabolism and breakdown, nitrogen utilization, and chlorophyll metabolism. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to starch and cellulose biosynthesis, anaerobic stress response, and carbon allocation.