CLP — Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Summary

HORVU.MOREX.R3.3HG0224820 (HvCLP) on barley chromosome 3H encodes a protein with aspartic endopeptidase activity, chitinase activity, nutrient reservoir activity, and enzyme inhibitor activity, belonging to the aspartic peptidase A1 family. The gene is associated with chitin, polysaccharide, protein, and chlorophyll breakdown, leaf senescence, shoot and root development, cell death, defense responses to fungi, and downregulation of enzyme activity. It is linked to the apoplast and extracellular regions, and to photosynthetic rate. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to grain yield, drought tolerance, disease tolerance, plant height, seed shape, starch content, root length, and stomatal resistance.