JMT — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101493954 (CaJMT) on chickpea chromosome 4 encodes a methyltransferase with SAM-dependent methyltransferase activity and methyl jasmonate methylesterase activity, belonging to the SAM-dependent methyltransferase superfamily and containing MeTrfase_capping and MeTrfase_7 domains. The gene is associated with jasmonic acid biosynthesis and metabolism, oxylipin anabolism, fatty acid anabolism, jasmonic acid signaling, and responses to ethylene and wounding. Its product localizes to both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Related genes in other species are linked to jasmonate metabolism, fungal resistance, and systemic defense responses, and to jasmonate metabolism in tobacco, and to stachyose and genistein content in soybean. The family has also been linked to drought tolerance, root length, leaf shape, transpiration rate, stomatal resistance, and seed production through sequence similarity analyses.