This gene is predicted to encode a protein involved in negatively regulating salicylic acid-related defense responses and cell death programs. nsl1 mutants develop necrotic lesions spontaneously and show other features of a defense response, such as higher levels of SA and disease resistance-related transcripts, in the absence of a biotic stimulus. The NSL1 protein is predicted to have a MACPF domain, found in proteins that form a transmembrane pore in mammalian immune responses. NSL1 transcript levels do not appear to change in response to biotic stresses, but are elevated by cycloheximide in seedlings, and by sodium chloride in roots.
Computational Description
necrotic spotted lesions 1 (NSL1); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Membrane attack complex component/perforin (MACPF) domain (InterPro:IPR020864); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: MAC/Perforin domain-containing protein (TAIR:AT4G24290.2); Has 203 Blast hits to 202 proteins in 18 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 1; Fungi - 0; Plants - 202; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 0 (source: NCBI BLink).