CAM — Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Summary

HORVU.MOREX.R3.6HG0569990, designated HvCAM, encodes a calmodulin-binding protein (CBP60 family) with DNA-binding transcription factor and transcription coactivator activities. It is associated with calcium signaling, regulation of salicylic acid biosynthesis, defense responses to fungi and other organisms, photomorphogenesis, seed germination, root meristem growth, and cell division. The protein localizes to the nucleus, cytosol, cytoplasm, plasmalemma, and plant-type vacuole. HvCAM has been linked to numerous agronomic traits including seed weight, water use efficiency, photosynthetic rate, flowering time, root morphology and hair length, leaf growth and development, anthocyanin content, abscisic acid sensitivity, and oxidative stress response. Related genes in other species connect the family to immunity and disease resistance, photomorphogenesis, organ growth, and leaf development.