NFP — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_5G085790, also known as NFP or MtLYK5, encodes a transmembrane receptor protein kinase with LysM domains, exhibiting protein serine/threonine kinase activity, chitin and chitosan binding, and protein homodimerization activity. In barrel medic, this gene is associated with cellular responses to chitin and bacterial molecules, root hair tip growth and elongation, hyphopodium formation, spore germination, acropetal and basipetal auxin transport, organogenesis, flower morphogenesis, and defense responses to oomycetes. It has been linked to traits including fruit weight, leaf number, plant height, bacterial blight disease resistance, stomatal complex closure time, and salt tolerance. Localization evidence places the product at the plasma membrane, extracellular region, vacuolar lumen, and MVB membrane. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to chitin signaling, plant immunity, and resistance to bacterial and fungal pathogens.