URE — Glycine max

Summary

GLYMA_11G248700V4 (symbol URE, GmURE) on soybean chromosome 11 encodes a urease enzyme, confirmed by urease activity and nickel-binding molecular functions, and belongs to multiple urease subunit domain families including the alpha, beta, and gamma subunits. The gene is associated with urea breakdown, ureide anabolism and catabolism, allantoin breakdown, arginine metabolism, the urea cycle, and glyoxylate metabolism. It has been linked to numerous agronomically important traits including seed protein content, nitrogen content, chlorophyll content, drought tolerance, salt tolerance, plant height, root length, shoot and root dry weight, leaf dry weight, transpiration rate, stomatal resistance, cell membrane stability, and carbon content. The encoded protein localizes to the urease complex and cytosol. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to nitrogen recycling and root volume.