CRK — Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Summary

DCAR_022060, also known as DcCRK, DcCRK5, or DcTAGK2 on carrot chromosome 6, encodes a protein with CDPK_Ser/Thr_kinases and EF-hand-dom_pair domains, and has annotated protein tyrosine kinase activity, Ca2+/CaM-dependent kinase activity, calcium-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity, structural constituent of cytoskeleton, calmodulin binding, calcium ion binding, protein serine kinase activity, protein serine/threonine kinase activity, mRNA binding, and ATP binding. It is associated with microtubule-based processes, intracellular signal transduction, protein autophosphorylation, defence response to fungi, upregulation of gibberellic acid-mediated signalling, and activation of salinity response. The gene product localises to the tubulin complex, vacuole, plant-type cell wall, Golgi, plasmodesmata, membrane, cytosol, and plasmalemma. DcCRK is linked to gibberellic acid sensitivity, root morphology traits, and salt stress adaptation. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to microtubule formation, cold and salt stress tolerance, abscisic acid response, and biotic stress resistance.