LP2 — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvLP2 (BVRB_7G157270) on sugar beet chromosome 7 encodes a protein with a Plant_nsLTP domain and belongs to the bifunctional inhibitor/LTP/seed storage superfamily, with lipid carrier activity and lipid binding molecular functions. The gene is associated with lipid transport, phospholipid transfer to membranes, cutin anabolism and cutin-based cuticle development, cell wall modification, plant epidermal cell differentiation, defence response to fungi, programmed cell death, and response to salt. It is also associated with photosynthetic rate, drought tolerance, hypocotyl elongation, shoot development, shoot branching, flowering time, cold tolerance, osmotic stress tolerance, pollen tube growth, seed set, root development, cuticle integrity and permeability, gravitropism, and longitudinal cell elongation. The protein localises to the plasma membrane, cell wall, Golgi complex, endosome, TGN, plasmodesma, cytosol, and extracellular space. Related genes in other species are linked to pathogen resistance, cuticle-cell wall interface integrity, yield, nitrogen use efficiency, and salt stress tolerance.