FT — Glycine max

Summary

GmFT (GLYMA_16G151000V4) on soybean chromosome 16 encodes a phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP family) with annotated mRNA regulatory element binding translation repressor activity, DNA binding transcription factor activity, and protein N-GlcNAc transferase activity. This gene is associated with photoperiodism, response to short-day flowering, floral whorl development, meristem determinacy, and vernalization response. It has been connected to traits including photoperiod-sensitive flowering time, inflorescence branch arrangement, axillary bud dormancy, seed viability, plant male sterility, and temperature stress response. Localization evidence links the product to plasmodesmata, the endoplasmic reticulum, plastids, and the cytosol. Studies of related genes in other species connect it to flowering time, photoperiodic flowering response, seed dormancy, and inflorescence architecture.