LOC101508289 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101508289 on chickpea chromosome 7 encodes a protein with a germin domain, a cupin 1 domain, and an RmlC-like jellyroll fold, and is annotated for manganese binding. The gene is associated with defence response to Gram-positive bacteria, defence response to Gram-negative bacteria, defence response to fungi, killing of cells of other organisms, auxin signalling, regulation of root development, and plasmodesma-mediated cell-to-cell transport. The encoded protein localises to the extracellular matrix, apoplast and plasmodesma. Related genes in other species, such as Arabidopsis ABP20 and rice Os08g0459700, are linked to the germin-like protein family.