ELG — Solanum lycopersicum

Summary

SOLYC10G047140.2 (ELG, also known as SERK3) encodes a protein with a leucine-rich repeat domain and serine/threonine kinase activity, and is annotated with coreceptor activity, steroid binding, SNARE binding, and ATP binding. In tomato, it is associated with bacterial, nematode, and general disease resistance, as well as salt tolerance. The gene is linked to diverse biological processes including vesicle localization, transcytosis, phloem loading, sucrose transport, wound healing, meristem initiation, and hormone metabolism, and localizes to the membrane, endosome, and plasmalemma. Associations with agronomic traits include fruit weight, plant height, stem diameter, root length, net photosynthetic rate, photochemical quenching, sugar and lignin content, germination rate, leaf necrosis, abscisic acid content, drought tolerance, and self-incompatibility. Related genes in other species are linked to Verticillium resistance.