ENP — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LsENP, encoded by the gene LSAT_V11C500297750 on lettuce chromosome 5, is a member of the NPH3/RPT2-like protein family, containing BTB/POZ and NPH3 domains, and is associated with FMN binding and blue light photoreceptor activity. The gene is linked to auxin polar transport regulation, apical protein localization, and chloroplast accumulation movement. It has been connected to a wide range of agronomically relevant traits, including biomass yield, seed yield, leaf angle, leaf yellowing tolerance, submergence tolerance, viral disease response, days to flowering, lateral root number and length, root mass density, nitrate uptake, and sensitivity to brassinosteroids, cytokinins, and gibberellic acid. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to phototropism, organogenesis, and root gravitropism.