GSH2 — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_7G113890 (MtGSH2, GSH2) on barrel medic chromosome 7 encodes a glutathione synthase, an enzyme with glutathione synthase activity that also binds glutathione, ATP, and magnesium, and forms homodimers. The gene is associated with glutathione and phytochelatin biosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, stress and defense responses, jasmonic acid response, and root development. Its product localizes to the plastid and cytosol. MtGSH2 is associated with glucose and chlorophyll content, and with cadmium tolerance, ozone tolerance, endoplasmic reticulum stress response, seedling and plant development, root growth, and jasmonate hypersensitivity. Related genes in other species are associated with glutathione biosynthesis, cadmium resistance, stress tolerance, and phytochelatin synthesis.