CAM — Cicer arietinum

Summary

PsCAM, the chickpea calmodulin-binding protein 60 G (CBP60G) encoded on chromosome 5LG3, is a calmodulin-lysine N-methyltransferase and NAD kinase with DNA-binding transcription factor activity. It is associated with calcium signaling, signal transduction, systemic acquired resistance, and the regulation of salicylic acid biosynthesis. The gene has been linked to responses to salt stress, hypoxia, and fungal disease, as well as traits including germination rate, days to flowering, leaf senescence, shoot branching, root development, anthocyanin content, and tolerance to submergence, high temperature, and oxidative stress. Studies of related genes in other species connect it to immunity, salicylic acid and pipecolic acid accumulation, resistance to Pseudomonas syringae and Botrytis cinerea, drought tolerance, and plant biomass.