LRR1 — Capsicum annuum

Summary

CaLRR1 (T459_02320) on pepper chromosome 1 encodes a somatic embryogenesis receptor kinase 5, a transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase with coreceptor activity, protein kinase activity, ATP binding, and protein homodimerization activity. The gene is associated with brassinosteroid-mediated signalling, somatic embryogenesis, regulation of developmental growth, cell differentiation, and programmed cell death. It is linked to defence responses, including detection of symbiotic fungi, regulation of defence response to fungi, upregulation of innate immune response, positive regulation of the hypersensitive response, and virus-induced post-transcriptional gene silencing. Localisation evidence links the product to the plasma membrane, early and late endosome membranes, and cytoplasm. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to stem elongation and plant height.