ACP — Cicer arietinum

Summary

CaACP (LOC101514887) on chickpea chromosome 4 encodes an acyl carrier protein with a chloroplastic ACP domain and phosphopantetheine binding site, conferring acyl carrier activity. The gene is associated with fatty acid and starch anabolism, seed development, and salinity response, and its product localises to the chloroplast stroma. CaACP has been linked to flower and seed coat colour, starch content, fatty acid composition, jasmonic and salicylic acid content, linolenic acid content, and abiotic stress tolerance. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to abscisic acid and salt stress responses, phosphate starvation, drought tolerance, oxidative stress, and pattern-triggered immunity, as well as to traits including seed weight, leaf weight, root length, anthocyanin content, and phosphorus uptake.