CAD1 — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C027349.2, also known as CmCAD1, encodes a CAD1/NSL1-like protein. It is associated with defense response by callose deposition, immune response, programmed cell death, regulation of salicylic acid metabolic process, response to fungi, dedifferentiation, water transport, lignin anabolism, flower development, root development, response to sorbitol, and salinity response. The gene is linked to lignin content, drought tolerance, cadmium tolerance, zinc tolerance, arsenic tolerance, heavy metal tolerance, decreased salt stress tolerance, and phenotypes including dwarfism with necrotic leaf lesions, altered cell death regulation, disease resistance, and immunity to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Localization evidence places the product at the plasma membrane, extracellular region, and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to pathogen resistance and osmotic tolerance.