GLU1 — Zea mays

Summary

ZM00001EB411380 (GLU1) on maize chromosome 10 encodes a protein with beta-glucosidase, beta-galactosidase, xylanase, mannosidase, fucosidase, DIMBOA glucoside beta-D-glucosidase, and other glycoside hydrolase activities. The gene is associated with C4 photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation and utilization, carbohydrate transport, sucrose breakdown, gluconeogenesis, fermentation, pyruvate and cytokinin anabolism, dedifferentiation, and sporulation. Its product localizes to the chloroplast stroma and extracellular space. GLU1 has been linked to grain yield, plant height, leaf width, net photosynthetic and transpiration rates, chlorophyll a content, flour and seed protein content, lignin content, heterosis, seed maturation, nitrate transport, and oxidative stress response. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to grain protein content.