MTR_7G084970 — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_7G084970 (MtFT) encodes a phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP) family member. The product is associated with mRNA regulatory element binding translation repressor activity, protein N-GlcNAc transferase activity, peptide-O-fucosyltransferase activity, phosphatidylethanolamine binding, lipid binding, protein phosphorylated amino acid binding, sequence-specific DNA binding, transcription cis-regulatory region binding, protein homodimerization activity, and DNA binding transcription factor activity. MtFT is linked to floral whorl development, phloem development, maintenance of floral meristem identity, meristem determinacy, photoperiodism, vernalization response, response to short-day, de-etiolation, temperature compensation of the circadian clock, response to strigolactone, secondary shoot formation, and cellular responses to nitrogen and potassium starvation. The gene is associated with numerous traits including photoperiod-sensitive flowering time, inflorescence development, axillary bud dormancy, fruit set, seed viability, plant male sterility, vegetative vigor, and temperature stress response. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to flowering time, photoperiodic flowering response, seed yield, and inflorescence architecture.