Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb284010
• Gene Symbol: ZAG1 ZmMADS37
• Gene Name: Zea AGAMOUS homolog1
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• ZAG1 encodes a putative polypeptide of 286 amino acids having 61% identity with the AGAMOUS (AG) protein. Through a stretch of 56 amino acids, constituting the MADS domain, the two proteins are identical except for two conservative amino acid substitutions.
• Like AG, ZAG1 RNA accumulates early in stamen and carpel primordia.
• The ZAG1 protein from in vitro translations binds to a consensus target site that is recognized by the AG protein. These data suggest that maize contains a homolog of the Arabidopsis floral identity gene AG and that this gene is conserved in sequence and function.
• ZAG1 protein from in vitro translation binds to a ZAG1 site recognized by the AG1 protein.
• ZAG1 mRNA accumulates early in stamen and carpel primordia and in developing endosperm; later in development limited to stamens and pistils.

Function-related keywords:

• development ,  floral ,  stamen ,  endosperm ,  endosperm-development ,  protein-translation

Literature:

• Identification and molecular characterization of ZAG1, the maize homolog of the Arabidopsis floral homeotic gene AGAMOUS.   DOI:  10.1105/tpc.5.7.729 ;  PMID:  8103379

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: LOC542244
• UniProt accessions: Q41876

Sequences: