CAM2 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101489805 (CAM2, CaCAM2) on chickpea chromosome 2 encodes a calmodulin family protein with EF-hand calcium-binding domains and calcium ion binding activity. It is also annotated with ABC-type transporter, auxin efflux, cadmium ion transmembrane transporter, and protein serine/threonine phosphatase activities, as well as thiol-dependent deubiquitinase and histone kinase functions. The gene is associated with diverse biological processes including cellular detoxification, cadmium transport, regulation of defense response by callose deposition, response to oomycete molecules, S-nitrosylation, coumarin metabolism, indole glucosinolate breakdown, and host invasion. It is linked to traits such as bacterial blight disease resistance, reproductive growth time, days to flowering, transpiration rate, stomatal opening and closure, root development, leaf morphology, auxin and jasmonic acid content and sensitivity, and responses to high and low temperature stress. Related genes in other species are associated with thermotolerance, drought resistance, pathogen defense, root meristem regulation, and innate immunity.