RLK — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvRLK (BVRB_7G173360) on sugar beet chromosome 7 encodes a protein with L-type lectin receptor kinase, legume lectin, and serine/threonine kinase domains, and 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, and ATP binding. The gene is associated with pollen aperture formation, abscission, defense response to oomycetes, immune response, cytokinin signaling, detection of brassinosteroid stimulus, cellular salinity response, inhibition of salinity response, response to ethene, salicylate, light, and other organisms, histidyl-aspartyl phosphorelay, protein phosphorylation, protein autophosphorylation, post-embryonic development, pollen development, and hormone-mediated signaling. It is linked to ethylene sensitivity, defense response against herbivory, and methyl jasmonate-mediated stomatal closure. The protein localizes to the plasma membrane, extracellular region, ER, cytosol, nucleus, and pollen aperture. Related genes in other species are linked to drought tolerance, salt response, root volume, fruit size, and resistance to Fusarium crown and root rot and Pseudomonas syringae.