PAT — Solanum lycopersicum

Summary

SlPAT (SOLYC01G068045.1) encodes a protein containing ubiquitin-like and ribosomal eS31 domains, with annotated molecular functions including histone acetyltransferase activity, ubiquitin-protein transferase activity, and structural constituent of the ribosome. The gene is associated with diverse biological processes including carotenoid breakdown, capsorubin and zeaxanthin anabolism, pigment metabolism, downregulation of photosynthesis, and pyruvate metabolism. It localises to the cytosolic small ribosomal subunit, ribosome, cytosol, plastid, and plasmodesma. SlPAT is linked to numerous agronomically relevant traits including fruit weight, fruit color, fruit firmness, fruit shape, seed length, carotene and carotenoid content, photosynthetic ability, net photosynthetic rate, quantum yield, leaf weight, leaf thickness, leaf temperature, root weight, root number, root hair density and length, tiller number, inflorescence number, stem diameter, submergence tolerance, cold stress tolerance, auxin content, and heterosis. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to DNA demethylation and gene silencing.