ACP — Sorghum bicolor

Summary

SORBI_3001G005700, designated SbACP, encodes an acyl carrier protein with a chloroplastic ACP domain and phosphopantetheine binding site, and is annotated with acyl carrier activity and phosphopantetheine binding. This sorghum gene on chromosome 1 is associated with fatty acid anabolism, anthocyanin anabolism, cuticle anabolism, phosphatidic acid metabolism, response to hormone, response to light stimulus, salinity response, and regulation of transport. The product localises to the chloroplast envelope, chloroplast stroma, and cytosol. Associations with leaf color, light response, chloroplast lipid biosynthesis, chloroplast lipid metabolism, fatty acid composition, lipid content, abiotic stress tolerance, salicylic acid content, and constitutive expression have been noted. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to salt stress response, drought tolerance, abscisic acid response, phosphate starvation response, systemic acquired resistance, photosynthetic efficiency, and leaf lipid content, while sequence similarity connections in other species extend to seed weight, grains per spike, starch content, anthocyanin content, and heat tolerance.