ACH1 — Brachypodium distachyon

Summary

BdACH1 (BRADI_3G01270V3) encodes a nitrate transporter of the MFS superfamily with nitrate and nitrite transmembrane transporter activity. It is associated with nitrate assimilation, cellular response to nitrate, nitrite transport, and response to wounding. The protein localises to the membrane, plasmalemma, tonoplast, endomembrane system, cytoplasm, and nucleus. This gene has been associated with grain number, grain yield, photosynthetic rate, seed nitrate content, cadmium uptake and accumulation, lateral root initiation and development, root elongation, pathogen resistance, nitrogen uptake and remobilization, flowering time, and biomass production. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to nitrate transport from roots to shoots, yield, disease resistance, drought response, root architecture, and seed protein content.