XTH1 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

CaXTH1 (LOC101507020) on chickpea chromosome 7 encodes a protein with XTH, XET_C, Beta-glucanase/XTH, GH16, and ConA-like_dom_sf domains, and has endoxyloglucan transferase activity, O-glucosyl hydrolase activity, and polysaccharide binding. The gene is associated with xyloglucan and cellulose metabolism, plant-type and secondary cell wall biogenesis, cell wall organization, epidermal cell differentiation, root hair initiation, ethylene anabolism, photoperiodism and flowering, fruit ripening, vesicle transport, and cell differentiation. The encoded protein localizes to the apoplast, plant-type cell wall, extracellular region, and cytoplasm. Related genes in other species are linked to cellulose cross-linking, hybrid incompatibility, germination rate, and inter-specific pollination.