LYK3 — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_5G086050, also known as LYK3, encodes a CERK1/LYK3-like transmembrane receptor protein kinase with chitin binding, protein serine/threonine kinase activity, and ATP binding. In barrel medic (Medicago truncatula) on chromosome 5, this gene is associated with nodulation, nitrogen fixation, response to symbiotic bacteria, and response to chitin. It is also linked to defense response, innate immune response-activating signaling, cell death, endocytosis, vesicle localization, virus-induced PTGS, cell division, and protein autophosphorylation. The product localizes to the plasma membrane and vacuolar lumen. Related genes in other species, RLK9 and RLK10, are linked by sequence similarity, and the enzyme class 2.7.11.1 (non-specific serine/threonine protein kinase) is associated through sequence similarity.