UGT — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_3G084540 (MtUGT) encodes a UDP-glycosyltransferase with multiple glucosyltransferase activities, including anthocyanin 5-O-glucosyltransferase, flavanone 7-O-beta-glucosyltransferase, and indole-3-acetate beta-glucosyltransferase. The gene is associated with pigmentation, anthocyanin biosynthesis and accumulation, isoflavonoid and saponin anabolism, secondary metabolism, detoxification, and regulation of abscisic acid-mediated signalling. It is linked to negative regulation of response to water deprivation, fruit ripening, pollen tube growth, and response to salicylate. Associations with seed growth and development, drought tolerance, osmotic and salt stress tolerance, root gravitropism, root hair development, fungal symbiosis, and callose synthesis have been reported. The product localises to the cytoplasm, nucleus, Golgi complex, and plasmalemma. Related genes in other species link the family to ABA accumulation and p-aminobenzoate glucose ester formation.