WAK17 — Zea mays

Summary

ZM00001EB116160, also known as WAK17, is a wall-associated kinase on maize chromosome 2. It encodes a transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase with protein kinase activity, calcium ion binding, polysaccharide binding, and ATP binding. The protein contains EGF-like and WAK-like domains. WAK17 is associated with the cell surface receptor signaling pathway, calcium signaling, detection of symbiotic fungi, host invasion, spore germination, autophagy, and homologous recombination. It is linked to terpenoid, carotenoid, lignin, cellulose, and ethylene metabolism, as well as the response to salicylate and positive regulation of the hypersensitive response. The gene is associated with grain yield, biological yield, stem and culm length, anthesis time, lignin content, and tolerance to drought, heat, cold, salt, and bacterial diseases.