LOC101508626 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101508626, located on chickpea chromosome 3, encodes a protein with aldo/ket reductase and NADP-oxidoreductase domains. The gene product exhibits 6'-deoxychalcone synthase, 3''-deamino-3''-oxonicotianamine reductase, and aldose reductase (NADPH) activities, and oxidoreductase activity acting on the CH-OH group of donors with NAD or NADP as acceptor. It is associated with cellular response to zinc starvation, response to iron ion starvation, siderophore anabolism, alkaloid anabolism, secondary metabolite biosynthesis, and flavonoid anabolism. The protein localizes to the cytosol and cytoplasm. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to drought tolerance, though this has not been established in chickpea.