FT — Phaseolus vulgaris

Summary

PHAVU_001G097300, designated PvFT on French bean chromosome 1, 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. The gene is associated with photoperiodism, response to short-day flowering, vernalization response, floral whorl development, maintenance of floral meristem identity, and regulation of secondary shoot formation. It is also associated with photoperiod-sensitive flowering time, inflorescence development, spikelet floret size, seed viability, plant male sterility, starch grain synthesis, temperature stress response, viral disease response, and vegetative vigor. Localization evidence links the product to the plasmodesmatal ER, plastid, and plant-type cell wall. Related genes in other species have been linked to florigen transport, spikelet size, and age-related resistance.