ACH1 — Glycine max

Summary

GLYMA_13G323800V4 (GmACH1) encodes a nitrate transporter belonging to the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) with nitrate and nitrite transmembrane transporter activity. The gene is associated with nitrate transport, assimilation, import, and utilization, as well as nitrogen fixation, nitrite transport, and cellular response to nitrate. It is also linked to nitrogen utilization, threonine metabolism, the TCA cycle, phenylpropanoid metabolism, chlorophyll anabolism, phytochrome chromophore anabolism, de-etiolation, shade avoidance, and phosphate homeostasis. Associations with agronomic traits include root nodule number, plant height, nitrate uptake, salt tolerance, pathogen resistance, cadmium uptake, lateral root development, root elongation, flowering time, and growth promotion. The gene product localizes to the plasma membrane, tonoplast, and transporter complex. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to nitrate high-affinity transport, root development, and disease resistance.