NUT — Nicotiana attenuata

Summary

A4A49_34509 (NUT, also known as RLP12) in coyote tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata) encodes a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptor-like protein with signaling receptor activity, peptide hormone binding, and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. It is associated with multiple biological processes including innate immune response activating cell surface receptor signaling, response to nutrient levels, cellular response to salicylate stimulus, autophagy, lignin anabolism, and detection of brassinosteroid stimulus. The gene is associated with self-incompatibility, brassinosteroid sensitivity, disease resistance, immune signaling, abscisic acid signaling, mannitol stress tolerance, and root elongation. It localizes to the plasma membrane, endosome, plant-type cell wall, plasmodesma, and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to pathogen resistance and traits such as days to flowering, stomatal resistance, and disease tolerance.