TD1 — Zea mays

Summary

ZM00001EB228140 (TD1) on maize chromosome 5 encodes a protein with plant receptor-like serine/threonine kinase and leucine-rich repeat domains, and is annotated with transmembrane receptor protein kinase activity, signaling receptor activity, and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. The gene is associated with meristem development and determinacy, vegetative meristem growth, stem cell renewal, ear development, floral organ development and specification, regulation of floral meristem size, meristem initiation and organization, endosperm development, and hormone anabolism. It is linked to inflorescence size and branching, ear weight, diameter, and length, kernel number per row, grain number and weight, grain yield, plant height, tassel branch number, tiller number, leaf number, plastochron, anthesis time, seed maturation, and stripe rust. The protein localizes to the membrane, plasmalemma, and extracellular region. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to similar meristem-regulatory functions.