CAM — Nicotiana attenuata

Summary

A4A49_15529 (CAM) in coyote tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata) on scaffold00890 encodes a protein with CALM/Myosin/TropC-like and EF-hand domains and is annotated as a calcium ion binding protein, enzyme modulator, and protein domain specific binder. This gene is associated with calcium signaling, signal transduction, cellular homeostasis, and detoxification. It has been linked to biological processes including cytoplasmic streaming, pollen hydration and pollen tube growth, autophagy, post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS), virus-induced PTGS, hypersensitivity, cell death, systemic acquired resistance, and salicylic acid anabolism. CAM is associated with traits such as calcium concentration, quantum yield, net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, photosynthetic rate (CO2-based), stomatal resistance, and photochemical quenching. The protein localizes to the cytoplasm and myosin II complex. Studies of related genes in other species have linked the family to fruit length, fruit shape, chlorophyll content, and drought tolerance.