NUT — Nicotiana attenuata

Summary

A4A49_10663 (NUT) in coyote tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata) encodes an inactive leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein kinase. The gene is associated with steroid binding, SNARE binding, transmembrane receptor protein kinase activity, signaling receptor activity, and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. It is linked to biological processes including defense response upregulation, lignin anabolism, autophagy, endocytosis, viral translation, membrane fission, megasporogenesis, microsporogenesis, anther wall tapetum development, lateral root development, skotomorphogenesis, and detection of brassinosteroid stimulus. Localization evidence connects the product to the plasma membrane, ER membrane, endosome, apoplast, and nucleus. The gene is also associated with self-incompatibility. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to immune signaling and developmental regulation.