ALP — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101510518 (CaALP) on chickpea chromosome 7 encodes a protein with papain-like cysteine peptidase domains, also annotated with vacuolar sorting signal receptor activity, calcium ion binding, and protein homodimerization activity. The gene is associated with proteolysis, vacuolar transport, Golgi-to-vacuole transport, and positive regulation of apoptotic signaling. It is linked to leaf morphology, stomatal closure time, root thickness, osmotic stress tolerance, seed storage protein sorting, water deficit response, abscisic acid biosynthesis, and leaf senescence. Localization evidence links the product to the lytic vacuole, late endosome, Golgi cis cisterna, and phenyloplast. Related genes in other species connect the family to senescence, copper concentration, phosphorus uptake, and root morphology traits.