CKS — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101510566 (symbol CKS, also known as CaCKS) on chickpea chromosome 7 encodes a protein with 3-deoxy-manno-octulosonate cytidylyltransferase activity, a member of the KdsB and cytidylyltransferase families. This gene is associated with KDO and CMP-KDO biosynthesis, glycan biosynthesis, cell wall organization, pollen tube growth, and pollen development. The protein is localized to the mitochondrial outer membrane, membrane, mitochondria, and nucleus. Related genes in other species link the family to pollen tube elongation, cell wall integrity, and cell wall biosynthesis, as well as to transpiration rate and photochemical quenching traits.