FLS2 — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoFLS2 (BOLC102_C02P053360.1) on cabbage chromosome 2 encodes a transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase with additional annotated activities including protein phosphatase, calmodulin binding, and nucleotide binding, and belongs to the plant LRR-RLK family. The gene is associated with detection of bacteria, pattern-recognition receptor signaling, regulation of defense responses to bacteria and oomycetes, systemic acquired resistance, and cellular response to salicylate. It is linked to traits including bacterial blight disease resistance, aphid response, biomass yield, plant height, flowering time, leaf morphology, and responses to water, high temperature, low temperature, and aluminum stress. Associations also include pathogen resistance, drought tolerance, ABA signaling, chilling tolerance, nitrogen remobilization, herbivory resistance, and callose deposition. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to flagellin perception, broad-spectrum disease resistance, and bacterial pathogen immunity.