AFP — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_2G079440, designated MtAFP, encodes a defensin-family protein containing a knottin domain and a scorpion-toxin-like superfamily fold. In barrel medic, this gene is associated with defence responses to fungi, innate immunity, cell death, hypersensitivity, and the killing of other organisms. It is also linked to spore germination, translation, protein synthesis, and nodulation. The encoded product is localised extracellularly. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to drought tolerance, water use efficiency, transpiration rate, stomatal resistance, root volume and length, plant height, germination rate, and amino acid, proline, and protein content.