DLK2 — Pisum sativum

Summary

PsDLK2 (PSAT1G039520) on chromosome 1LG6 encodes a protein with an alpha/beta hydrolase fold and esterase/hydrolase activity. The gene is associated with strigolactone and karrikin responses, auxin transport and anabolism, lateral growth, secondary shoot formation, circumnutation, exploration behavior, and arbuscular mycorrhizae formation. It is associated with seedling photomorphogenesis and slightly shorter hypocotyls in a kai2-2 mutant background. The encoded protein localizes to the cytoplasm and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to seed dormancy, leaf shape, and inflorescence height.