ELG — Solanum tuberosum

Summary

StELG (PGSC0003DMG400002870) on potato chromosome 4 encodes a transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase with leucine-rich repeat domains. The gene is associated with immune complex formation, immune response-regulating signaling, tissue morphogenesis, and anti-apoptosis. It is linked to numerous traits including grain yield, bacterial blight disease resistance, viral disease response, nematode damage response, brassinosteroid content, hydrogen peroxide content, fruit ripening, lignin biosynthesis, temperature stress response, plant male sterility, and phototropism response. Additional associations include anther cell fate determination, microspore maturation, tapetum development, photosynthetic capacity, root meristem differentiation, stomatal formation, and defense response. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to cell death control, disease resistance to fungi and bacteria, oxidative burst, leaf senescence, and waterlogging tolerance.