WOX5 — Pisum sativum

Summary

PSAT5G127000 (symbol WOX5, also known as PsWOX5) encodes a WUSCHEL-like homeodomain protein in garden pea (Pisum sativum) on chromosome 5LG3. The product is annotated with multiple molecular functions including sequence-specific DNA binding, chromatin binding, transcription corepressor activity, and methionine adenosyltransferase activity. This gene is associated with shoot meristem development, axillary shoot meristem initiation, procambium histogenesis, dedifferentiation, and upregulation of stem cell maintenance. It is linked to traits including plant height, root morphology, seed set, flowering time, lignin content, and responses to abiotic stress, cold, jasmonic acid, cytokinin, and brassinosteroids. Additional associations include seed coat morphology, leaf morphology, disease tolerance, and salt tolerance. Related genes in other species link the family to root apical stem-cell maintenance, organ regeneration, callus formation, and root meristem regulation.