ACH1 — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoACH1, located on chromosome 5 of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), encodes a protein belonging to the MFS superfamily and the NO3_transporter family, with nitrate and nitrite transmembrane transporter activity. This gene is associated with nitrate transport, assimilation, import, and cellular response to nitrate, as well as response to starvation, wounding, phospholipid and lipid metabolism, and homeostasis. It localises to the membrane, plasmalemma, tonoplast, and transporter complex. BoACH1 is linked to root number, length, and lateral root number and length, protein and soluble protein content, nitrate uptake and accumulation, cadmium uptake and accumulation, flowering time, root hydraulic conductivity, and pathogen resistance. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to nitrate high-affinity transport, root development, and disease resistance.