Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Solyc07g017230
• Gene Symbol: LePRK2
• Gene Name: receptor-like protein kinase2
• Genome: Tomato Genome version SL4.0
• Species: Solanum lycopersicum

Functional Descriptions:

• The Pollen Receptor Kinase LePRK2 Mediates Growth-Promoting Signals and Positively Regulates Pollen Germination and Tube Growth.
• Pollen with Reduced Expression of LePRK2 Has a Lower Germination Percentage and a Shorter Germination Time Window.
• A pollen receptor kinase from tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), LePRK2, has been implicated in signaling during pollen germination and tube growth as well as in mediating pollen (tube)-pistil communication.
• Pollen Tubes Transiently Overexpressing LePRK2 Have Slightly Swollen Tips, But Pollen Tubes Coexpressing LePRK2 and Full-Length KPP Have Much Wider Tips.
• Together these results show that LePRK2 positively regulates pollen germination and tube growth and is involved in transducing responses to extracellular growth-promoting signals.

Function-related keywords:

• growth ,  kinase ,  pollen ,  receptor-kinase ,  pollen-germination

Literature:

• The pollen receptor kinase LePRK2 mediates growth-promoting signals and positively regulates pollen germination and tube growth.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.108.124420 ;  PMID:  18799662
• Pollen tube localization implies a role in pollen-pistil interactions for the tomato receptor-like protein kinases LePRK1 and LePRK2.   DOI:  10.1105/tpc.10.3.319 ;  PMID:  9501107

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: 544020
• UniProt accessions: O64397

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