MCR — Cicer arietinum

Summary

LOC101511422, designated CaMCR and also known as ELMOD_A and ELMOD_B on chickpea chromosome 7, encodes an ELMO domain-containing protein. The product is associated with the cytoplasm and nucleus. While the gene is annotated with the molecular function term GDS, its precise biochemical activity in chickpea has not been experimentally determined. Studies of related genes in other species link the ELMO domain family to pollen aperture formation, including reduced aperture number across ploidy levels, and to root morphology traits. These associations, however, are not yet established for the chickpea gene itself.