EST — Phaseolus vulgaris

Summary

PvEST (PHAVU_004G123900) on French bean chromosome 4 encodes a protein with alpha/beta hydrolase fold and gibberellin-binding domains, annotated with carboxylesterase, lyase, isomerase and hydrolase activities. The gene is associated with gibberellin response and signaling, strigolactone metabolism, floral organ morphogenesis, alkaloid metabolism and defense response. It has been linked to seed coat color, seed weight and seed size. The product localizes to the amyloplast, cytosol, cytoplasm and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to drought tolerance, plant height, branching, tillering, leaf senescence, silk growth and anthesis-silking interval, while maize studies associate the family with anthesis-silking interval, tiller formation, stem senescence, shoot axis branching and leaf senescence.