CERK1 — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_5G086660 (CERK1) in barrel medic (Medicago truncatula) on chromosome 5 encodes a transmembrane receptor protein kinase with chitin-binding activity, belonging to the LysM_RLK3/10 and CERK1/LYK3-like families. The gene is associated with strigolactone anabolism, virus-induced PTGS, response to symbiotic bacteria, lateral root development, response to chitin, innate immune response-activating signaling pathway, lateral root formation, cell death, nodulation, innate immunity, protein autophosphorylation, root development, and signal transduction. It is also linked to vacuolar lumen and plasmalemma localization. Related genes in other species, linked by sequence similarity, connect the family to receptor-like kinase functions, and the family is associated with EC 2.7.11.1 (non-specific serine/threonine protein kinase activity).