ELG — Solanum tuberosum

Summary

StELG (PGSC0003DMG400010055) on potato chromosome 2 encodes a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like serine/threonine kinase, a transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase binding protein with additional annotated molecular functions including guanylyl cyclase activity, GTPase inhibitor activity, and peptide binding. The gene is associated with immune complex formation, immune response-regulating signaling, tissue morphogenesis, anti-apoptosis, and homeostasis of meristem cell number. It has been connected to numerous agronomically relevant traits including grain yield, bacterial blight disease resistance, viral disease response, nematode damage response, fruit ripening, lignin biosynthesis, temperature stress response, plant male sterility, and brassinosteroid content. Localization associations include the heterotrimeric G-protein complex, nuclear envelope, and spindle. Studies of related genes in other species link the broader gene family to cell death control, bacterial disease resistance, and defense responses.