WOX5 — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_5G081990 (MtWOX5) on barrel medic chromosome 5 encodes a WUSCHEL-like homeodomain protein. The gene is associated with methionine adenosyltransferase, chitinase, cytoskeletal motor, and transcription corepressor activities, as well as chromatin and nucleic acid binding. It is linked to meristem development, dedifferentiation, procambium histogenesis, organogenesis, root hair tip growth, and positive regulation of mRNA splicing. Associations include traits such as root volume and length, plant height, seed set percent, flowering time, lignin content, and responses to jasmonic acid, cytokinin, brassinosteroids, low temperature, and salt stress. The gene is also connected to disease tolerance, shoot and root meristem development, and cell cycle traits. Related genes in other species link it to root meristem regulation, callus formation, organ regeneration, and embryogenesis.