GLC — Solanum tuberosum

Summary

StGLC (PGSC0003DMG400016249) on potato chromosome 11 encodes a protein with a CAT-like domain superfamily and multiple acyltransferase activities, including hydroxycinnamoyltransferase, rosmarinate synthase, and anthranilate N-benzoyltransferase activity. The gene is associated with starch and glucan anabolism, phenylpropanoid and alkaloid metabolism, fruit ripening, response to UV, and regulation of transport. It has been linked to starch yield and respiration rate, as well as fertility. The encoded protein localises to the endoplasmic reticulum, cytoplasm, and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to starch concentration, fruit size, and heterosis.