ACO1 — Glycine max

Summary

GmACO1 (GLYMA_01G162800V4) on soybean chromosome 1 encodes an aconitase with 4Fe-4S cluster binding, copper binding, and IRE binding activities, and is annotated with aconitase and mRNA 5'-UTR binding molecular functions. The gene is associated with the TCA cycle, glyoxylate cycle, citrate and isocitrate metabolism, threonine metabolism, fermentation, electron transfer, and response to iron ion starvation. It is associated with respiration rate, root length, drought tolerance, salt tolerance (SALTTL), gravitropic response, and lateral root development. The product localizes to mitochondria, cytosol, cytoplasm, apoplast, plasmalemma, plant-type vacuole, and plasmodesmata. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to stress response and traits including flower color, cellulose content, proline content, seed coat color, lignin content, and root morphology.