NCBI Accession #
NP_176726.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_105222.3
NCBI Official Full Name
PEBP (phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein) family protein
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
F5I14.3; F5I14_3; FLOWERING LOCUS T; REDUCED STEM BRANCHING 8; RSB8
NCBI Protein Information
PEBP (phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein) family protein
NCBI Summary
FT, together with LFY, promotes flowering and is antagonistic with its homologous gene, TERMINAL FLOWER1 (TFL1). FT is expressed in leaves and is induced by long day treatment. Either the FT mRNA or protein is translocated to the shoot apex where it induces its own expression. Recent data suggests that FT protein acts as a long-range signal. FT is a target of CO and acts upstream of SOC1.
UniProt Protein Name
Protein FLOWERING LOCUS T
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9SXZ2
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O04467
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9SXZ2
UniProt Comments
Component of the mobile flower-promoting signal (floral stimulus or florigen). Promotes the transition from vegetative growth to flowering. Required for 'SEPALLATA3' (SEP3) and 'FRUITFULL' (FUL) accumulation in mature rosette leaves. Seems to acts in parallel with 'LEAFY' to induce flowering by regulating 'APETALA1'. Translated in leaves and then transported to the shoot apical meristem where it activates the transcription of several floral meristem identity genes. May play a role in both the autonomous and the long-day flowering pathways.