EF-1-ALPHA — Solanum tuberosum

Summary

PGSC0003DMG400023270, the potato EF-1-ALPHA gene on chromosome 6, encodes elongation factor 1-alpha, a GTP-binding protein with translation elongation factor and GTPase activities that localises to the cytoplasm. This gene is associated with a wide range of biological processes including regulation of starch metabolism, salicylic acid breakdown, regulation of flavonoid anabolism, protein methylation, nitrogen compound transport, and carbon catabolite repression. It is linked to numerous agronomically important traits such as drought tolerance, relative biomass, chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, water use efficiency, starch content, reducing sugar content, amylose content, carotenoid content, anthocyanin content, proline content, phosphorus content, nitrogen content, root length, and self-incompatibility. Studies of related genes in other species link the elongation factor 1-alpha family to protein synthesis.