FT — Sorghum bicolor

Summary

SORBI_3005G110406 (SbFT) on sorghum chromosome 5 encodes a phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP family) with annotated mRNA regulatory element binding translation repressor activity, protein N-GlcNAc transferase activity, peptide-O-fucosyltransferase activity, phosphatidylethanolamine binding, lipid binding, and DNA binding transcription factor activity. SbFT is associated with photoperiod-sensitive flowering time, floral whorl development, meristem determinacy, response to short-day and strigolactone, vernalization response, and circadian clock temperature compensation. The gene is linked to traits including photoperiod sensitivity, inflorescence development and morphology, spikelet floret size, stem length, shoot axis branching, plant male sterility, vegetative vigor, and stress responses including drought, temperature stress, and viral disease. Localization evidence connects SbFT to the plasmodesmatal ER, plasmodesma, plant-type cell wall, and plastid.