CRK — Camelina sativa

Summary

CsCRK3 (CSA06G053210) on Camelina sativa chromosome 6 encodes a protein with CDPK_Ser/Thr_kinases, EF_hand_dom, and Prot_kinase_dom domains, and is annotated with calcium-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity, calmodulin binding, calcium ion binding, copper binding, glutamine synthetase activity, and structural constituent of the cytoskeleton. The gene is associated with nitrate assimilation, cold acclimation, leaf senescence, activation of salinity response, defence response to fungi, and intracellular signal transduction. It is linked to traits including drought tolerance, low temperature stress response, vegetative growth time, root development, seed size, and callus induction. The encoded protein localises to the plant-type cell wall, vacuole, plastid, plasmodesma, Golgi complex, membrane, tubulin complex, and cytosolic ribosome. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to ammonium tolerance, lateral root development, salt tolerance, and microtubule formation.