PIP2 — Pisum sativum

Summary

PsPIP2 (PSAT6G218720) on garden pea chromosome 6LG2 encodes a member of the PIP2/PIPL1 family. The gene is associated with regulation of developmental process, water transport, virus-induced PTGS, regulation of root development, defense response to other organism, cellular response to hypoxia, heat acclimation, innate immunity, response to auxin, and response to heat, and localises to the apoplast and mitochondria. PsPIP2 is associated with water absorption by seed, photosynthetic rate, ethylene sensitivity, root hydraulic conductivity, and salt tolerance. Studies of related genes in other species link the PIP2 family to specific leaf weight, leaf weight, cell membrane stability, drought recovery, leaf water potential, turgor pressure, transpiration rate, stomatal resistance, salt response, leaf size, chlorophyll content, stomatal opening, root length, drought tolerance, salt tolerance, root morphology trait, shorter root, increased ROS production with reduced bacterial growth and halted lesion development, and LRDpBZ75.