EBI — Sorghum bicolor

Summary

SORBI_3008G040100 (SbEBI) encodes a WD40 repeat domain-containing protein with translation initiation factor beta propeller-like domains, annotated with dual-specificity protein kinase activity, transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activity, peptide hormone binding, ammonium channel activity, and SUMO transferase activity. In sorghum, the gene is associated with cold and heat stress tolerance, alternative mRNA splicing via the spliceosome, lateral root branching, nitrate import, response to flooding, and regulation of shoot development. It is linked to the catalytic step 2 spliceosome, stress granules, the heterotrimeric G-protein complex, and the chloroplast thylakoid membrane. Associations also include starch grain synthesis, sucrose content, anthocyanin content, photosynthetic rate, stomatal opening, drought tolerance, salt tolerance, flowering time, and disease tolerance. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to stress granule assembly, ammonium transport, and lateral root extension.