RAM2 — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_5G061520, also known as RAM2, encodes a protein belonging to the HAD_RAM2/GPAT1-8 and phospholipid/glycerol acyltransferase families, with glycerol-3-phosphate 2-O-acyltransferase activity, glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase activity, and phosphatase activity. In barrel medic (Medicago truncatula), this gene is associated with strigolactone and cutin anabolism, glycerolipid metabolism, fatty acid anabolism, lipogenesis, and lipid transport. It has been linked to signaling, defense response, and response to symbiotic fungi, particularly arbuscular mycorrhizae formation. The encoded protein localizes to the membrane. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase activity (EC 2.3.1.15).