LIN — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_7G005940 (symbol LIN) in barrel medic (Medicago truncatula) chromosome 7 encodes a protein with ubiquitin ligase activity, belonging to the U-box domain family and containing LIN_N, ARM_LIN, and RING-Ubox_PUB domains. The gene is associated with nitrogen fixation, nodulation, organogenesis, morphogenesis, and response to symbiotic bacteria and fungi, including arbuscular mycorrhizae formation. It is linked to ethylene anabolism and sensitivity, brassinosteroid-mediated signalling, membrane polarization, signal transduction, defense response, and protein breakdown. The encoded protein localizes to the cytosol, cytoplasm, nucleus, and plasmalemma. Related genes in other species link the family to regulation of symbiotic signalling and defence.