PK3 — Glycine max

Summary

GmPK3 (GLYMA_20G024800V4) encodes a pyruvate kinase, an enzyme with pyruvate kinase activity that binds ATP, potassium and magnesium ions. The gene is associated with diverse biological processes including cellular respiration, ATP anabolism, amino acid activation, oxalate breakdown, acquisition of desiccation tolerance, long-chain fatty acid anabolism, galactolipid anabolism, mycose biosynthesis, protein acetylation, protein processing, lipid storage, secondary growth, digestion, and response to flooding. It has been linked to agronomically important traits such as seed protein content, seed size, nitrogen content, root length, drought tolerance, submergence tolerance, and salt tolerance. The product localises to the chloroplast stroma, plastid, cytosol and cytoplasm. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to root morphology traits.