ACH1 — Brachypodium distachyon

Summary

BdACH1 (BRADI_2G47640V3) on chromosome 2 of Brachypodium distachyon encodes a protein with a nitrate transporter domain and a major facilitator superfamily (MFS) domain, and is annotated with nitrate and nitrite transmembrane transporter activity. The gene is associated with nitrate assimilation, cellular response to nitrate, nitrate and nitrite transport, and response to wounding. Its product localises to the plasma membrane, tonoplast, endomembrane system, cytoplasm, and nucleus. BdACH1 is linked to grain number, grain yield, photosynthetic rate, seed nitrate content, cadmium uptake and accumulation, lateral root initiation and development, root elongation, pathogen resistance, nitrogen uptake efficiency, biomass production, and flowering time. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to nitrate transport from roots to shoots, yield, disease resistance, drought response, and seed protein content.