RAM2 — Medicago truncatula

Summary

MTR_8G030620 (RAM2, MtGPAT4) encodes a glycerol-3-phosphate 2-O-acyltransferase with phosphatase activity, belonging to the HAD_RAM2/GPAT1-8 family. Localised to the endoplasmic reticulum and membrane, it is associated with glycerolipid metabolism, strigolactone and cutin anabolism, lipogenesis, fatty acid anabolism, arbuscular mycorrhizae formation, response to symbiotic fungi, defense response, signaling, and lipid transport. The gene has been connected to root suberization, cutin biosynthesis, cuticular wax production, suberin biosynthesis, pathogen resistance, desiccation resistance, and cytokinin response. Related genes in other species are linked to hypersensitive response, lipid biosynthesis, monoacylglycerol synthesis, decreased cutin content, increased water loss, and fungal sensitivity.