FER — Phaseolus vulgaris

Summary

PHAVU_008G081000 (PvFER) on chromosome 8 of French bean encodes a protein with a malectin-like domain and protein serine/threonine kinase activity, and is also annotated with methionine adenosyltransferase, hormone, and water channel activities. The gene is associated with diverse processes including cell-cell signaling, circadian regulation of gene expression, nitrogen fixation, root hair initiation, regulation of auxin polar transport, and regulation of pollen tube growth. It has been linked to traits such as drought tolerance, salt tolerance, seed weight, root hair length, lateral root length, iron concentration, disease tolerance, and lignin biosynthesis. Localization evidence links the product to the filiform apparatus, apical plasma membrane, apoplast, plant-type cell wall, and plasmodesmata. Related genes in other species are linked to root growth, fertilization, immune signaling, and cell-wall homeostasis.