PKS2 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101488582 (CaPKS2, also known as CIPK2 or SIP1) on chickpea chromosome 2 encodes a protein serine/threonine kinase containing a NAF/FISL domain and a protein kinase domain, with calcium-dependent protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity, kinase binding, calcium ion binding, and ATP binding. The gene is associated with salinity response, hypotonic salinity response, cellular potassium ion homeostasis, calcium signaling, osmotic response, and signal transduction. It localizes to the tonoplast, plant-type vacuole, plasmalemma, cytosol, and nucleus. CaPKS2 is associated with drought tolerance, flowering time, root hair length, stomatal opening and closure, magnesium sensitivity, and enzyme activity traits. Related genes in other species are linked to salt tolerance, ion homeostasis, and lateral root development.