RAM2 — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_4G415290 (RAM2, MtGPAT6) encodes a glycerol-3-phosphate 2-O-acyltransferase with phosphatase activity, belonging to the HAD_RAM2/GPAT1-8 family. In barrel medic, this gene is associated with strigolactone and cutin anabolism, glycerolipid metabolism, lipogenesis, fatty acid anabolism, lipid transport, signaling, flower development, defense response, and arbuscular mycorrhizae formation. It has been linked to membrane and mitochondrial localization. Associations include root suberization, cuticle organization, tapetum development, stamen filament elongation, pollen tube elongation, pollen development, seed production, and suberin and floral cutin biosynthesis. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to relative growth rate, stamen length, germination rate, and pollen germination.