DTC — Solanum lycopersicum

Summary

SOLYC05G051400.4, also known as ANT1 and DTC, encodes a protein with oxidative phosphorylation uncoupler activity, tricarboxylic acid and dicarboxylic acid transmembrane transporter activity, and ATP/ADP exchange activity. The gene is associated with anthocyanin synthesis and fruit anthocyanin content, gray mold resistance, and shelf life in tomato. It has been linked to pigmentation, alternative respiration, regulation of mitochondrial membrane permeability, electron transport chain, proton transmembrane transport, and sucrose breakdown. Associations also include respiration rate, flavonoid content, ethylene sensitivity, osmotic response sensitivity, and chlorophyll a content. The protein localizes to the mitochondrial inner membrane, MPTP complex, chloroplast envelope, and plastid. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to drought, salt, and oxidative stress tolerance, mitochondrial uncoupling, and proton leak.