VPY — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_5G026550, also known as VPY, MtANK6, PIA1, or PIA2, encodes a protein with ankyrin repeats and exhibits sigma factor activity, phytochrome binding, ubiquitin-protein transferase activity, and protein binding. In barrel medic, this gene is associated with diverse biological processes including nitrogen fixation, pigmentation, double fertilization, male-female gamete recognition, strigolactone anabolism, cellular response to blue light, photosystem II assembly, and negative regulation of protein phosphorylation. It is linked to traits such as blue light sensitivity, light intensity response, plant stress response, and low temperature stress tolerance. The gene product localizes to the mitochondria, cytosol, plasmalemma, and nucleus. Related genes in other species are linked to chloroplast transcription, photosystem II repair, and circadian rhythm.