Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb297250
• Gene Symbol: ZmELF3.2 pza01875
• Gene Name: EARLY FLOWERING3
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• ZmELF3.1 and ZmELF3.2 likely play partially redundant functions in flowering regulation, with ZmELF3.1 playing a predominant role.
• ZmELF3.1 and ZmELF3.2 proteins can physically interact with ZmELF4.1/4.2 and ZmLUX1/2, to form evening complex(es; ECs) in the maize circadian clock.
• ZmELF3.1 and ZmELF3.2 can physically interact with two maize homologs of Arabidopsis ELF4, namely ZmELF4.1 and ZmELF4.2, and two maize homologs of Arabidopsis LUX, ZmLUX1, and ZmLUX2, thus constituting the maize EC.
• We determined that both ZmELF3.1 and ZmELF3.2 can rescue the Arabidopsis elf3-7 mutant phenotype, including long-hypocotyl and early flowering under LD conditions.

Function-related keywords:

• flowering

Literature:

• The evening complex promotes maize flowering and adaptation to temperate regions.   DOI:  10.1093/plcell/koac296 ;  PMID:  36173348

Related News:

• Plant Cell | 王海洋团队研究发现玉米EC复合体促进玉米开花和温带适应

Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: 103630791
• UniProt accessions: A0A1D6MDX8 ,  A0A1D6MDX9

Sequences: