ACH1 — Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Summary

HORVU.MOREX.R3.6HG0543570 (symbol ACH1, also known as HvNRT2.1 and LIN1) on barley chromosome 6H encodes a nitrate transporter belonging to the MFS superfamily with nitrate and nitrite transmembrane transporter activity. The gene is associated with nitrate transmembrane transport, nitrate import, nitrite transport, nitrate assimilation, and cellular response to nitrate, as well as response to wounding. It has been linked to grain yield, photosynthetic rate, root and shoot dry weight, leaf weight, and root length. Associations include nitrate uptake, cadmium uptake and accumulation, lateral root initiation and development, root elongation, root hair development, pathogen resistance, flowering time, seed nitrate content, proanthocyanidin accumulation, and nitrogen uptake efficiency. The encoded protein localises to the plasma membrane, tonoplast, endomembrane system, and transporter complex.