NFP — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_8G078360, also known as NFP, encodes a protein with a LysM domain, possessing protein tyrosine kinase activity and ATP binding. NFP is associated with a wide range of biological processes in barrel medic, including hyphopodium formation, spore germination, root hair tip growth and elongation, lateral root development, auxin transport, organogenesis, and responses to bacterial molecules and stress. It is also linked to the regulation of defence responses to fungi, upregulation of defence against oomycetes, metabolic burst, glycoprotein anabolism, ribosome biogenesis, and cell death. The protein localises to the plasmalemma and vacuolar lumen. Additionally, NFP has been connected to agronomic traits such as fruit weight, leaf number, and plant height. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to EC 2.7.10.-, a tyrosine kinase class.