AT59 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101505176 (CaAT59, also known as CaPLL1, CaPLL2, and ATPLL8/9) on chickpea chromosome 2 encodes a pectate lyase, a member of the pectin lyase fold/virulence family, with pectate lyase and lyase activity and metal binding. The gene is associated with pectin breakdown, cell wall modification and organization, epidermal cell differentiation, root hair initiation, lateral root development, root morphogenesis, morphogenesis, and vascular development. It is linked to stress and salt responses, calcium signaling, ethylene anabolism, vesicle transport, protein synthesis, and regulation of DNA replication. Associations include root and shoot meristem maintenance, stem cell regulation, pedicel length, and the salt tolerance trait SALTTL. The product localizes to the extracellular region and cytoplasm. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to pollen germination, root morphology, and arsenic concentration.