AoHRSa — Asparagus officinalis

Summary

A4U43_C01F8930, designated AoHRSa on asparagus chromosome 1, encodes a protein belonging to the PP2-like/Lectin family and is associated with sugar binding. In asparagus, the gene is linked to the PP2-like domain. Studies of related genes in other species, such as LAA, which shares sequence similarity with AoHRSa, connect the family to processes involving sugar signaling and transport, though this has not been established in asparagus itself. Associations with agronomic traits such as yield or stress tolerance have not been observed in this species. The evidence places AoHRSa within a lectin-related protein family, but its precise functional role in asparagus remains to be determined.