LAP3 — Zea mays

Summary

ZM00001EB398090 (LAP3, also known as ms45) on maize chromosome 9 encodes a strictosidine synthase family protein with hydrolase activity, containing a strictosidine synthase conserved region and a 6-blade β-propeller TolB-like domain. The gene is associated with pollen exine formation, male sterility, and sexual reproduction, as well as with cuticle, cutin, wax, and lipid A anabolism, protein secretion and processing, meristem initiation, and regeneration. It has been linked to grain number, grain yield, heterosis, drought tolerance, and growth stage. The encoded protein localises to the endomembrane system, vacuole, and mitochondria. Related genes in other species connect the family to anther and tapetal development and pollen wall formation, and to Cys-Gly peptide degradation.