bgal — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101506247 (bgal, CaBGAL1) on chickpea chromosome 7 encodes a beta-galactosidase enzyme, a glycoside hydrolase family 35 protein with a galactose-binding lectin domain. The enzyme has beta-galactosidase activity and is associated with galactose and pectin breakdown, cell wall disassembly and modification, axis elongation, cell growth, seed germination, auxin and brassinosteroid signalling, and phloem transport. It localises to the vacuole, apoplast, cell wall, plasmodesmata, plasma membrane, cytosol and extracellular space. The gene is linked to leaf vein morphology, abnormal leaf venation with reduced vein number, vascular development, premature senescence and leaf cell death. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to cell elongation.