FER — Glycine max

Summary

GmFER (GLYMA_09G273300V4) on soybean chromosome 9 encodes a protein with a malectin-like domain and a serine/threonine kinase catalytic domain, and is annotated with protein kinase activity, ATP binding, and copper binding. The gene is associated with hydrogen peroxide membrane transport, cell-cell signaling, regulation of auxin polar transport, calcium signaling, and ethylene anabolism. It has been linked to traits including root hair length, lateral root length, root thickness, drought tolerance, salt tolerance, days to flowering, iron concentration, lignin biosynthesis, and disease tolerance. Localization evidence connects the product to the filiform apparatus, apical plasma membrane, apoplast, plant-type cell wall, and plasmodesmata. Related genes in other species link the family to root hair development, pollen tube reception, mechanical signal transduction, and cell-wall homeostasis.