ACH1 — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LsACH1, on lettuce chromosome 1, encodes a protein with nitrate and nitrite transmembrane transporter activity, belonging to the MFS and NO3_transporter families. It is associated with nitrate transmembrane transport, nitrate import, nitrate assimilation, cellular response to nitrate, pH reduction, cell development, cell wall organization, response to wounding, terpenoid anabolism, triglyceride metabolism, and base excision repair. The gene is linked to nitrate content, root hair length, root development, nitrogen transport, nitrogen uptake, lateral root initiation, cadmium uptake, cadmium accumulation, pathogen resistance, flowering time, root hydraulic conductivity, and copper toxicity response. It localizes to the membrane, plasmalemma, tonoplast, and transporter complex. Related genes in other species link the family to high-affinity nitrate transport, nitrate uptake, disease resistance, and acyl-CoA thioesterase activity.