NFP — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_4G058570, also known as NFP, encodes a lysin motif (LysM) domain-containing receptor-like kinase in barrel medic (Medicago truncatula) on chromosome 4. The protein possesses transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase activity, protein tyrosine kinase activity, chitin binding, and protein homodimerization activity. NFP is associated with response to symbiotic bacteria, root hair tip growth and elongation, hyphopodium formation, spore germination, acropetal and basipetal auxin transport, metabolic burst, organogenesis, flower morphogenesis, regulation of leaf senescence, and plant epidermal cell differentiation. It localizes to the plasma membrane, membrane, multivesicular body membrane, and vacuolar lumen. The gene has also been linked to fruit weight, leaf number, and plant height. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to chitin signaling and symbiotic interactions.