ENP — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LsENP, located on chromosome 4 of garden lettuce (Lactuca sativa), encodes an NPH3/RPT2-like protein containing an NPH3 domain and a SKP1/BTB/POZ superfamily domain. The product is associated with FMN binding, blue light photoreceptor activity, GTPase activity, and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. It is linked to auxin polar transport, apical protein localization, chloroplast accumulation movement, and responses to red or far-red light. Associations include shoot axis phototropism, leaf yellowing tolerance, biomass yield, seed yield, lateral root number, days to flowering, submergence tolerance, and viral disease response. The protein localizes to the apical plasma membrane, CRL complex, and ubiquitin ligase complex. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to phototropism sensitivity, embryo development, and resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae.