NFP — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_5G019040, also known as NFP, SYM10 or MtSYM10, encodes a receptor kinase with protein tyrosine kinase activity, transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase activity, and chitin binding, containing LysM and kinase domains. In barrel medic, NFP is associated with response to symbiotic bacteria and molecules of bacterial origin, root hair tip growth and elongation, auxin transport, lateral root development, hyphopodium formation, spore germination, regulation of leaf senescence, megasporogenesis, and stomatal complex morphogenesis. The gene product localizes to the membrane and plasmalemma. NFP is also linked to fruit weight, leaf number, and plant height. Studies of related genes in other species connect the NFP family to root weight, root length, and root hair density.