leucine-rich repeat transmembrane protein kinase, putative
F:protein binding, protein serine/threonine kinase activity, protein tyrosine kinase activity, protein kinase activity, ATP binding;P:transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway, protein amino acid phosphorylation;C:endomembrane system;MPOBFVA
Encodes a CLAVATA1-related receptor kinase-like protein required for both shoot and flower meristem function. Very similar to BAM2,with more than 85% a.a. identity. It has a broad expression pattern and is involved in vascular strand development in the leaf, control of leaf shape, size and symmetry, male gametophyte development and ovule specification and function. Anthers of double mutants (bam1bam2) appeared abnormal at a very early stage and lack the endothecium, middle, and tapetum layers. Further analyses revealed that cells interior to the epidermis (in anther tissue) acquire some characteristics of pollen mother cells (PMCs), suggesting defects in cell fate specification. The pollen mother-like cells degenerate before the completion of meiosis, suggesting that these cells are defective. In addition, the BAM1 expression pattern supports both an early role in promoting somatic cell fates and a subsequent function in the PMCs.
Encodes leucine rich repeat (LRR) kinase. Iku2-3 identified in a screen for mutants with abnormal endosperm. Sporophytic recessive mutants have reduced embryo and endosperm size. Seed size is also reduced and the shape is abnormal suggesting an interaction between the endosperm and cell elongation in the integuments.