AGL8 — Solanum lycopersicum

Summary

SOLYC03G114830.3, also known as AGL8, FUL2, or SlFUL2, encodes a MADS-box transcription factor on tomato chromosome 3. The protein contains MADS-box and K-box domains and exhibits RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding and protein dimerization activities. It is localized to the nucleus. In tomato, FUL2 is associated with flowering, leaf size, fruit morphology, and fruit tip development. The gene is linked to numerous traits including fruit morphology, size, shape, weight, color, firmness, and ripening, as well as lycopene and carotenoid content, floral organ identity and length, seed shattering and maturation, inflorescence number and branching, grain size, plant height, stem diameter, leaf shape, photosynthetic rate, stomatal resistance, chlorophyll and anthocyanin content, lignin content, ethylene sensitivity, and flowering time. Associated biological processes include pigment accumulation, sepal development, meristem development, dehiscence, and metabolism of carotenoids, lycopene, serotonin, ethylene, hormones, and glutathione.