Gene Details:

• Gene ID:
• Gene Symbol: NtCP2
• Gene Name: cysteine protease 2
• Genome:
• Species: Nicotiana tabacum

Functional Descriptions:

• NtCP2 has a high similarity to KDEL-tailed cysteine proteinases and is expressed in mature green leaves.
• Both drought and heat decreased NtCP2 transcript abundance in mature green leaves.
• It is concluded that NtCP1 is a senescence-specific cysteine proteinase whereas NtCP2 fulfils roles in green leaves that might be similar to those of KDEL-tailed cysteine proteinases involved, for example, in programmed cell death.
• NtCP1 and NtCP2 are differentially expressed in response to abiotic stress. They belong to two distinct subgroups within the papain-like family of cysteine proteinases.

Function-related keywords:

• senescence ,  drought ,  stress ,  drought-stress ,  mature-leaves ,  abiotic-stress ,  cell-death ,  stress-response ,  programmed-cell-death ,  heat-stress ,  drought-stress-response ,  heat-stress-response ,  drought-response ,  abiotic-stress-response

Literature:

• Two new cysteine proteinases with specific expression patterns in mature and senescent tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) leaves.   DOI:  10.1093/jxb/erj123 ;  PMID:  16551685

Related News:

Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: AY881010.1
• UniProt accessions: Q5EH89

Orthologs:

Sequences:

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