NFP — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_7G029650, also known as NFP or MtLYK2, encodes a lysin-motif (LysM) receptor-like kinase with protein tyrosine kinase activity, chitin binding, and transmembrane receptor protein kinase activity. This barrel medic gene on chromosome 7 is associated with response to symbiotic bacteria, root hair tip growth and elongation, lateral root development, auxin transport, hyphopodium formation, spore germination, and defense responses to oomycetes. It is also linked to organogenesis, regulation of floral meristem size and leaf senescence, and fruit weight, leaf number, and plant height. The gene is associated with pathogen resistance, including resistance to Botrytis cinerea and Pseudomonas syringae, and callose deposition. Related genes in other species are linked to disease tolerance.