LOC101503664 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101503664 on chickpea chromosome 1 encodes a protein with a Glyco_hydro_28 domain and pectin lyase fold, and is annotated with exo-D-galacturonase and polygalacturonase activity. The gene is associated with pectin breakdown, cell wall modification, fruit dehiscence and ripening, anther dehiscence, pollen tube development and germination, root hair initiation and morphogenesis, epidermal cell differentiation, ethylene anabolism, vesicle transport, and response to salt. Its product localises to the pollen wall, apoplast, ER, Golgi, vesicles, and extracellular space. The gene is also linked to a salt tolerance trait. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to EC 3.2.1.15 (polygalacturonase) and EC 3.2.1.67 (exo-polygalacturonase) activities.