LS7 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

CaLS7 (LOC101500232) on chickpea chromosome 5 encodes a protein with callose synthase activity and transglycosidase activity, and belongs to the FKS1-like and glycosyltransferase 48 domain families. The gene is associated with callose deposition in phloem sieve plates, 1,3-beta-glucan anabolism, phloem transport, and seed development. It is linked to seed color and seed coat color traits, as well as phenotypes including reduced phloem callose, abnormal sieve plates, reduced fertility, phloem development, reproduction, plant growth, callose deposition, plasmodesmal function, and inflorescence growth. The encoded protein localizes to mitochondria. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to seedling height, inflorescence development, days to flowering, root mass density, and arsenic concentration.