RLK — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvRLK (BVRB_6G150090) on sugar beet chromosome 6 encodes a protein with L-type lectin receptor kinase and legume lectin domains, a serine/threonine kinase catalytic domain, and a kinase-like domain. It is annotated with histidine kinase activity, sugar binding, signaling receptor activity, transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase activity, kinase activity, protein serine kinase activity, protein kinase activity, protein serine/threonine kinase activity, protein homodimerization activity, and ATP binding. The gene is associated with pollen aperture formation, cellular response to ethene stimulus, regulation of developmental growth, histidyl-aspartyl phosphorelay, cellular salinity response, inhibition of salinity response, abscission, defense response to oomycetes, cytokinin signaling, detection of brassinosteroid stimulus, immune response, hormone mediated signalling, response to salicylate, response to other organism, post-embryonic development, protein phosphorylation, pollen development, and protein autophosphorylation. It is linked to ethylene sensitivity, defense response against herbivory, and methyl jasmonate-mediated stomatal closure. The protein localizes to the pollen aperture, endoplasmic reticulum, extracellular region, cytosol, plasmalemma, and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to traits such as drought tolerance, salt response, root volume, fruit size, and resistance to Fusarium crown rot and Pseudomonas syringae, as well as stom