GLYMA_16G044200V4 — Glycine max

Summary

GmFT (GLYMA_16G044200V4) encodes a phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP family) on soybean chromosome 16. The product is associated with mRNA regulatory element binding translation repressor activity, phosphatidylethanolamine binding, lipid binding, sequence-specific DNA binding, and transcription factor activity. GmFT is associated with photoperiodism, floral whorl development, meristem determinacy, response to short-day conditions, vernalization response, strigolactone response, and secondary shoot formation. The gene has been connected to leaflet area and shape, stem length, seed coat color, plant male sterility, seed viability, photoperiod sensitivity, temperature stress response, and viral disease response. Localization evidence places the product at the plasmodesmatal ER, plant-type cell wall, vacuole, plastid, and mitochondria. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to flowering time, photoperiodic flowering response, seed dormancy, seed yield, and inflorescence architecture.