FC1 — Zea mays

Summary

ZM00001EB216630 (ZmFC1, also known as TB1) on maize chromosome 5 encodes a putative teosinte branched2 protein containing a CYC/TB1_R domain and a TCP transcription factor domain, acting as a sequence-specific DNA-binding transcription factor. It is localised to the nucleus and is associated with regulation of shoot development, secondary shoot formation, shade avoidance, inflorescence development, leaf development, cell division and growth, post-embryonic development, specification of symmetry, determination of dorsoventral asymmetry, abscission, starch metabolism, salt response, and vision. The gene is linked to tiller number, ear number, tassel branch number, plant height, stem diameter, leaf number and shape, root number and length, crown root number, seed size, grain weight, anthesis time, spikelet fertility, and meristem identity. Related genes in other species are linked to tillering, branching, shoot architecture, strigolactone response, auxin, inflorescence development, grain yield, lodging resistance, and phosphorus response.