STWIPK — Solanum tuberosum

Summary

PGSC0003DMG400030058, symbol STWIPK, on potato chromosome 6 encodes a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) with serine/threonine kinase activity, MAPKK activity, and protein tyrosine kinase activity, and it binds ATP. The gene is associated with the MAPK cascade, intracellular signal transduction, and the PRR signaling pathway. It is linked to responses to abiotic stimuli including salinity, osmotic stress, and UV-C, as well as to stomatal closure, wound healing, immune response, and virus-induced PTGS. Associations also include fructose uptake, sucrose anabolism, starch breakdown, metabolic burst, NO storage, appressorium formation, tissue morphogenesis, and root and vegetative structure development. The encoded protein localises to the cytoplasm and nucleus. Related genes in other species link the family to similar stress and developmental processes.