EFE — Pisum sativum

Summary

PSAT2G025960 (EFE, also known as PsACO1, PsEAT1, PsACO4) on garden pea chromosome 2LG1 encodes a protein with a DIOX_N domain and an Oxoglu/Fe-dep_dioxygenase_dom, and has ACC oxidase activity (EC 1.14.17.4), 2-oxoglutarate dioxygenase activity, vitamin C binding and metal binding. The gene is associated with ethylene production and sensitivity, fruit ripening, seed development and germination, geotropism, cell growth, nitrogen fixation, defense response, response to fungi and fungal molecules, coumarin anabolism, and cellular response to fatty acid. It is linked to respiration rate, disease resistance, and nitrogen deficiency response. The protein localises to the cytosol, cytoplasm, extracellular region and stress granules. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to seedling growth and traits including seed weight, seed size, germination rate, root length, drought tolerance, disease tolerance, and stomatal opening.