RLK — Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Summary

HORVU.MOREX.R3.6HG0564570 (HvRLK) encodes a transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase with a legume lectin domain, belonging to the L-type lectin receptor kinase family. It exhibits histidine kinase activity, coreceptor activity, sugar binding, and protein homodimerization activity. The gene is associated with diverse biological processes including sporulation, pollen aperture formation, cytokinin and brassinosteroid-mediated signaling, defense responses to bacteria and oomycetes, immune response, response to heat, and inhibition of salinity response. It is linked to stem rust and localizes to the pollen aperture, cytosol, and plasmalemma. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to coreceptor and immune signaling functions.