ACL — Phaseolus vulgaris

Summary

PHAVU_003G248200, designated PvACL on French bean chromosome 3, encodes a member of the MES/HNL family with an alpha/beta hydrolase fold, exhibiting aliphatic and aromatic (S)-hydroxynitrile lyase, mandelonitrile lyase, polyneuridine-aldehyde esterase, and multiple methyl-esterase activities (MESA, MeJA, MeIAA), as well as general carboxylesterase, lipase, and hydrolase functions. The gene is associated with defense responses to insects and fungi, systemic acquired resistance via salicylic acid signaling, response to wounding, UV-B, and cold, as well as jasmonic acid, salicylic acid, indole alkaloid, oxylipin, and phenylpropanoid metabolism, glycoside breakdown, and embryo development ending in seed dormancy. Its product localizes to the vacuole, cytosol, plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus. Related genes in other species link the family to systemic acquired resistance, osmotic and salt stress tolerance, ABA sensitivity, spider mite resistance, and triterpene and sterol accumulation.