MAZ — Capsicum annuum

Summary

CaMAZ (T459_07246) on pepper chromosome 3 encodes a CARK-like protein with non-membrane spanning protein tyrosine kinase activity, protein serine/threonine kinase activity, and transcription factor binding capacity. This gene is associated with diverse biological processes including nitrogen fixation, pollen-pistil interaction, stomatal complex patterning, induced systemic resistance via jasmonic acid signaling, camalexin anabolism, and upregulation of reactive oxygen species anabolism. It has been linked to traits such as sepal morphology, seed coat morphology, adventitious root number, anther morphology, phosphorus uptake, aphid response, UV-B light sensitivity, shoot axis branching, stamen length, jasmonic acid sensitivity, osmotic response sensitivity, root hair length, ethylene sensitivity, chloroplast development, leaf morphology, seed size, and abiotic plant stress response. Localization evidence places the product at the plasmodesma, membrane, cytosol, stress granule, and preprophase band.