RAM2 — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_5G080360 (RAM2, MtGPAT5) encodes a protein with glycerol-3-phosphate 2-O-acyltransferase activity, glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase activity, phosphatase activity, and transmembrane transporter activity, belonging to the HAD_RAM2/GPAT1-8 and phospholipid/glycerol acyltransferase families. In barrel medic, this gene is associated with glycerolipid metabolism, cutin anabolism, suberin biosynthetic process, strigolactone anabolism, fatty acid anabolism, lipogenesis, lipid transport, signaling, defense response, arbuscular mycorrhizae formation, and response to symbiotic fungi. It is linked to suberin lamellae formation, seed coat permeability and development, seed coat protection, cuticular wax composition, root wax composition, suberin accumulation and biosynthesis, and salt tolerance and salt stress tolerance. The gene product localizes to the membrane. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to seed coat hardness, seed coat morphology, germination rate, and salt sensitivity.