ABT3 — Solanum tuberosum

Summary

StABT3 (PGSC0003DMG400020432) on potato chromosome 7 encodes a WRKY transcription factor 5 with DNA-binding and transcription factor activity, localising to the nucleus. It is associated with regulation of antifungal innate immune response, abscisic acid and gibberellic acid signalling, stomatal movement, leaf senescence, and responses to chitin, jasmonic acid, and fungi. The gene is linked to transpiration rate, stomatal resistance, chlorophyll content, plant height, and thermomorphogenesis. Related genes in other species link the family to drought tolerance, salt response, leaf water potential, leaf temperature, proline and cytokinin content, photochemical quenching, and selenium and sulfur content.