CYTME2 — Zea mays

Summary

ZM00001EB154490 (CYTME2) on maize chromosome 3 encodes a malic enzyme with malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) (NAD+ and NADP+) and oxaloacetate decarboxylase activities, binding NAD, metal ions, and microtubules. It is associated with C4 photosynthesis, malate metabolism and transport, pyruvate anabolism, photoprotection, photorespiration, and the TCA cycle, and localizes to mitochondria, plastids, cytosol, and the apoplast. The gene is linked to carbon isotope discrimination, net photosynthetic rate, quantum yield, chlorophyll content, leaf temperature, transpiration rate, stomatal resistance, shoot dry weight, drought tolerance, and brassinosteroid sensitivity. Associations also include salt, aluminum, and osmotic stress tolerance, root development, seed germination, flowering time, pathogen resistance, and immune response. Related genes in other species are associated with salt stress tolerance, primary metabolism, and allosteric regulation.