NUT — Nicotiana attenuata

Summary

A4A49_06475 (NUT) in coyote tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata) on chromosome 12 encodes a receptor-like protein kinase. The gene is associated with response to nutrient levels, autophagy, lignin anabolism, defense response activation, stomatal complex morphogenesis, lateral root development, and hormone-mediated signaling. It has been connected to self-incompatibility, brassinosteroid sensitivity, disease resistance, abscisic acid signaling, immune signaling, mannitol stress tolerance, root elongation, and shade avoidance response. The encoded protein localizes to the ER membrane, endosome, plasmodesma, plant-type cell wall, and extracellular region. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to pathogen resistance, bacterial disease response, stomatal resistance, and days to flowering.