APIC — Solanum lycopersicum

Summary

SOLYC06G009020.2 (APIC) on tomato chromosome 6 encodes a glutathione S-transferase (GST) possessing glutathione binding, glutathione transferase, and protein homodimerization activities. The gene is associated with a wide range of biological processes including response to stimulus, cell wall disassembly, downregulation of photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, and metabolism of arginine, pyruvate, threonine, and various compounds such as zeatin, biotin, and ceramide. It is linked to numerous agronomically important traits including fruit weight, size, firmness, and shape, flower and petal color, leaf chlorophyll content, photosynthetic ability, quantum yield, water use efficiency, salt response, germination rate, and contents of carotenoids, anthocyanins, flavonoids, lignin, proline, and protein. The gene is also associated with phenotypes such as salt stress tolerance, fungicide response, and pesticide metabolism. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to fungal disease response.