MLO — Capsicum annuum

Summary

CaMLO (T459_30153) on pepper chromosome 12 encodes a calmodulin-binding protein localised to the membrane, plasmodesma, Golgi complex, mitochondria and extracellular space. It is associated with defence responses to fungi and bacteria, cell death, downregulation of defence response, virus-induced PTGS, regeneration, and response to fungi. The gene has been linked to callus induction, Botrytis cinerea resistance, leaf senescence, systemic acquired resistance, and callose deposition. Related genes in other species connect it to powdery mildew resistance and susceptibility, bacterial wilt susceptibility, disease resistance and susceptibility, non-host resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae, heat tolerance, ozone tolerance, and resistance to Corynespora cassiicola and oomycetes. The family has also been associated with wheat powdery mildew disease response, water use efficiency, seed maturation, high temperature stress response, stomatal resistance, seed dormancy, leaf senescence, disease tolerance, root morphology, and salt tolerance.