LTI65 — Arabidopsis thaliana

Summary

AT5G52300, also known as LTI65 or RD29B, encodes a CAP160 family protein with esterase activity and is associated with protein binding and protein tag functions. This Arabidopsis thaliana gene on chromosome 5 is associated with responses to water, desiccation, mannitol, and abscisic acid, as well as abscisic acid and sterol homeostasis, cutin and jasmonic acid anabolism, desumoylation, microtubule shortening, and memory. It is linked to stomatal sensitivity to ABA and localizes to the plastid, plasmodesma, cytosol, cytoplasm, and nucleus. The gene is associated with numerous traits including drought, salt, cold, and oxidative stress responses, water use efficiency, photosynthetic rate, chlorophyll content, germination rate, seed dormancy, root length, plant height, and relative growth rate. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to root morphology, seed longevity, and stress tolerance traits.