STWRKY8 — Solanum tuberosum

Summary

PGSC0003DMG400016769, designated STWRKY8 on potato chromosome 6, encodes a double WRKY-type transcription factor with sequence-specific DNA-binding, transcription cis-regulatory region-binding, promoter-specific chromatin binding, metal binding, protein homodimerization activity, and DNA binding transcription factor activity, localised to the nucleus. The gene is associated with regulation of antifungal innate immune response, response to molecule of bacterial origin, response to chitin, regulation of defense response, abscisic acid mediated signalling involved in stomatal movement, downregulation of abscisic acid mediated signaling, downregulation of gibberellic acid mediated signaling, gibberellin metabolism, shikimate pathway, secondary metabolite biosynthesis, MAPK cascade, positive regulation of leaf senescence, pollen maturation, virus-induced PTGS, and water use efficiency. Related genes in other species, such as WRKY71, WRKY28, and WRKY76, have been linked to this gene by sequence similarity.