CAM2 — Camelina sativa

Summary

CsCAM2 (CSA06G031510) on Camelina sativa chromosome 6 encodes a protein with CALM/Myosin/TropC-like and EF-hand domains. The gene product is associated with calcium ion binding, kinase activity, and multiple transporter activities including auxin efflux and cadmium ion transmembrane transport. CsCAM2 is linked to diverse biological processes such as cellular response to chitin, PTI signalling, deubiquitination, regulation of defense response by callose deposition, and indole glucosinolate breakdown. It is associated with traits including bacterial blight disease resistance, days to flowering, root development, stomatal opening, auxin and jasmonic acid sensitivity, and responses to high and low temperature stress. The protein localises to the endosome membrane, plasmodesma, chloroplast envelope, and plant-type vacuole. Studies of related genes in other species connect the calmodulin family to thermotolerance, drought resistance, innate immunity, and root meristem regulation.