SCPL45 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

CaSCPL45 (LOC101511515) on chickpea chromosome 3 encodes a serine carboxypeptidase-like protein with hydroxymandelonitrile lyase activity, serine carboxypeptidase activity, and acyltransferase activity. The gene is associated with secondary metabolism, proteolysis, pollen and flower development, arbuscular mycorrhizae formation, and response to symbiotic fungi. It is linked to salinity response and salt tolerance, as well as seed weight. The encoded protein localises to the vacuole, apoplast, plant-type cell wall, endoplasmic reticulum, plasmodesmata, and extracellular space. Studies of related genes in other species connect the serine carboxypeptidase-like family to carboxypeptidase and hydroxymandelonitrile lyase activities, though these functions are not yet established for CaSCPL45 itself.