UBC5B — Solanum lycopersicum

Summary

SOLYC06G082595.1, symbol UBC5B, encodes a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (UBC) on tomato chromosome 6, possessing ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme activity, ubiquitin-protein transferase activity, and ATP binding. The gene is associated with a wide range of biological processes including protein polyubiquitination, hormone and ethene metabolism, the mevalonate (MVA) pathway, cell wall disassembly, pigment metabolism, fermentation, cytokinesis, meiosis, and microgametogenesis. It is linked to the nucleus and associated with several agronomically important traits such as fruit firmness, fruit color, fruit shape and size, seed maturation, inflorescence number, shoot dry weight, leaf curling, net photosynthetic rate, stomatal resistance, anthocyanin and chlorophyll content, and drought tolerance. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to ubiquitin-protein ligase activity and EC 2.3.2.23.