AKR — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_5G022050, designated MtAKR, encodes a protein containing ankyrin repeat domains and is annotated with DXP-synthase activity, fatty-acyl-CoA binding, ubiquitin-protein transferase activity, and protein binding. The gene is associated with strigolactone and terpenoid anabolism, the MEP pathway, chlorophyll anabolism, pigmentation, nitrogen fixation, nodulation, arbuscular mycorrhizae formation, response to symbiotic bacteria and fungi, leaf senescence, salt response, membrane polarization, and hypersensitivity. It localises to the periarbuscular membrane, ER membrane, plasmalemma, cytosol, and nucleus. MtAKR is linked to traits including variegated leaf, photosynthetic rate, chloroplast development, chlorophyll content, and plant growth and development. Phenotypic associations include embryo and gametophyte development, dwarfism, albinism, carotenoid biosynthesis and content, isoprenoid pigmentation, carbon assimilation, and lipid production. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to chloroplast differentiation and photosynthesis rate.