GK — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_3G073860 (GK, MtGK) encodes a protein with acetyl-CoA carboxylase, biotin carboxylase, methylcrotonoyl-CoA carboxylase (MCCC) and protein-folding chaperone activities. It is associated with malonyl-CoA anabolism, fatty acid elongation and anabolism, L-leucine breakdown, primary metabolism, nitrogen fixation, cold acclimation, salinity and thirst responses, cytokinin response, and shoot, root, embryo and meristem development. It has been linked to pollen fertility, cuticular wax deposition and composition, very-long-chain fatty acid elongation, cell division, and plant growth. The protein localises to mitochondria, chloroplast thylakoid and stroma, cytosol and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to embryo development, ethylene biosynthesis, freezing tolerance, fatty acid composition, and spectinomycin hypersensitivity.