VPY — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_8G072510 (symbol VPY) in barrel medic (Medicago truncatula) chromosome 8 encodes a protein containing an ankyrin repeat domain and a PGG domain. This gene is associated with multiple biological processes, including membrane polarization, strigolactone anabolism, pigmentation, nitrogen fixation, secretion, response to symbiotic bacteria and fungi, arbuscular mycorrhizae formation, nodulation, and cell division. The encoded product localizes to the periarbuscular membrane, plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus. Related genes in other species link the family to defense signaling. VPY is also associated with the PT4 protein.