DCL — Brachypodium distachyon

Summary

BRADI_3G57980V3 (DCL) on chromosome 3 of Brachypodium distachyon encodes a DCL-like protein with transmembrane receptor protein kinase activity, serine/threonine kinase activity, chitin and chitosan binding, mRNA binding, and protein homodimerization activity. The gene is associated with detection of peptidoglycan and molecules of fungal origin, cellular response to chitin and bacterial molecules, cell surface PRR signaling, positive regulation of the hypersensitive response, defence responses to fungi and bacteria, protein autophosphorylation, and chloroplast rRNA processing and organization. It is linked to bacterial blight disease resistance, disease tolerance, stomatal complex closure time, salt tolerance, chitin-induced immune signaling, fungal and bacterial immunity, and heavy-metal stress tolerance. The product localises to the plasma membrane and extracellular region. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to chitin perception, stomatal immunity, and resistance to Fusarium graminearum.