UOX — Glycine max

Summary

GLYMA_20G072400V4, also known as GmUOX or NODULIN-35, encodes a protein with a Uricase_CS domain and urate oxidase activity. In soybean, this gene is associated with ureide breakdown, purine base breakdown, urate breakdown, peroxisome organization, digestion, response to flooding, organogenesis, translation initiation, nitrogen fixation, protein synthesis, cell growth, morphogenesis, membrane transport, seed germination, nodulation, and signal transduction. It has been linked to nitrate transport, sucrose content, starch content, and seed protein content. The gene product localizes to mitochondria and cytosol. Studies of related genes in other species connect this family to root nodule number, germination rate, seedling growth and development, peroxisome maintenance, and seedling establishment.