MYC2 — Solanum lycopersicum

Summary

SOLYC07G053290.3, also known as MYC2 or SlBHLH30, encodes a protein with a bHLH domain and an AIG1-like domain, possessing DNA-binding transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding, transcription cis-regulatory region binding, and protein dimerization activity. Located in the nucleus, this tomato gene on chromosome 7 is associated with biological processes including response to herbivores, detection of virus, pigment accumulation, terpene anabolism, sucrose transport, TOR signaling, and chemotropism. It is linked to traits such as drought tolerance, net photosynthetic rate, water use efficiency, stomatal resistance, lycopene content, sugar content, soluble protein content, nitrogen content, fruit shape, root length, and stem diameter. Related genes in other species also encode bHLH domain-containing proteins.