RAM2 — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_1G040500 (symbol RAM2) on barrel medic chromosome 1 encodes a protein with glycerol-3-phosphate 2-O-acyltransferase activity, glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase activity, and phosphatase activity, and is a member of the HAD_RAM2/GPAT1-8 family. This membrane-localized protein is associated with signaling, glycerolipid metabolism, strigolactone anabolism, cutin anabolism, lipid transport, lipogenesis, fatty acid anabolism, arbuscular mycorrhizae formation, response to symbiotic fungi, and defense response. Related genes in other species link the family to glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase activity (EC 2.3.1.15). The gene is also associated with related sequences in soybean (GLYMA_10G119900v4, GLYMA_20G070400v4) and common bean (PHAVU_007G233600).