PPC — Sorghum bicolor

Summary

SbPPC (SORBI_3010G160700) on sorghum chromosome 10 encodes a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (EC 4.1.1.31) with phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity, protein phosphorylated amino acid binding, and protein binding. This gene is associated with primary metabolism, the TCA cycle, stomatal opening, leaf development, seed germination, cell division, and responses to nitrate, ammonia, cytokinin, phosphate starvation, and brassinosteroid signalling. It has been linked to photosynthetic rate, grain filling period, anthesis time, leaf chlorosis, nitrate uptake, root morphology, seedling growth, and plant stress response traits. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to salt stress tolerance, phosphate deficiency response, and nitrate response, as well as drought tolerance and anthesis-silking interval.