NFP — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_1G021845, also known as NFP, encodes a LysM domain-containing receptor-like kinase with protein tyrosine kinase activity, chitin binding, and transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase activity. This barrel medic gene on chromosome 1 is associated with response to symbiotic bacteria, root hair tip growth and elongation, hyphopodium formation, spore germination, acropetal and basipetal auxin transport, upregulation of defense response to oomycetes, metabolic burst, pollen recognition, organogenesis, flower morphogenesis, regulation of leaf senescence, and plant epidermal cell differentiation. It is also linked to fruit weight, leaf number, and plant height. The protein localizes to the membrane, plasmalemma, vacuolar lumen, and MVB membrane.