LOC101501689 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101501689 on chickpea chromosome 3 encodes a protein belonging to the glycosyl hydrolase 17 family, with lichenase and glucan endo-1,3-beta-D-glucosidase activity, and is also associated with protein homodimerization activity. The gene is linked to 1,3-beta-glucan breakdown, carbohydrate metabolism, calcium signaling, signal transduction, and defense responses, including response to heat and defense response to fungi. Its product is localized to the vacuole, extracellular space, and plasmalemma. Studies of related genes in other species, such as beta-1,3-endoglucanases, connect the family to glucan endo-1,3-beta-glucosidase activity (EC 3.2.1.39) and lichenase activity (EC 3.2.1.73). The gene is also associated with the GLC1 endo-1,3-beta-glucosidase from other legumes.