EDF1 — Triticum turgidum subsp. durum

Summary

TRITD3AV1G014110 (symbol EDF1) on durum wheat chromosome 3A encodes an AP2/ERF and B3 domain-containing protein with DNA-binding transcription factor activity, transcription corepressor activity, and calcium-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity. The gene is associated with regulation of leaf morphogenesis, photoperiodism and flowering, negative regulation of transcription, gibberellic acid homeostasis, and cellular responses to drought, carbon dioxide, and absence of light. It is linked to traits including flowering time, seed yield, biomass yield, leaf elongation rate, transpiration rate, stomatal opening and closure, salt tolerance, disease tolerance, and responses to brassinosteroid and auxin. The protein localises to the nucleus, plastid, cytosol, and plasma membrane. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to water use efficiency, disease resistance, and flowering time.