CYTME2 — Sorghum bicolor

Summary

SORBI_3003G036000 (SbCYTME2) on sorghum chromosome 3 encodes a malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) with NADP+ and NAD+ activities, also annotated with oxaloacetate decarboxylase activity, and belongs to the malic enzyme family. The gene is associated with C4 photosynthesis, malate metabolism and transport, the oxidative pentose pathway, auxin and brassinosteroid signaling, leaf vascular pattern formation, and responses to cadmium, osmotic stress, and detoxification. It has been linked to traits including photosynthetic rate, water use efficiency, stomatal resistance, respiration rate, drought tolerance, and brassinosteroid sensitivity. Associations also extend to aluminum tolerance, salt and osmotic stress tolerance, seed germination, root development, flowering time, and pathogen resistance. The protein is localized to multiple compartments including the cytosol, plastid, mitochondria, apoplast, and plasmodesmata.