NPK1 — Nicotiana attenuata

Summary

A4A49_13076 (NPK1) in coyote tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata) on scaffold007781 encodes a protein kinase with MAPKK and MEKK activity, calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase activity, and calcium ion binding, placing it in the plant MAPKKK family. The gene is associated with the MAPK cascade, cytokinesis, cell plate assembly, and regulation of cytokinesis, as well as lateral growth, mitosis, meiosis, and DNA replication. It has been linked to drought tolerance and is connected to cortical microtubule, membrane, plasmalemma, cytoplasm, and nucleus localisation. Related genes in other species link the family to sugar content and stomatal opening.