ZM00001EB155170 — Zea mays

Summary

ZM00001EB155170 on maize chromosome 3 encodes a 5'-nucleotidase SurE protein, belonging to the SurE-like phosphatase/nucleotidase domain family, with annotated nucleotidase activity and metal binding. This gene is associated with a wide range of biological processes including phosphorus utilization, nitrogen fixation, seed growth, starch breakdown, fatty acid metabolism, and zinc import, and is localized to the cytosol. It has been linked to numerous agronomically important traits such as grain yield per plant, grain dry weight, ear weight, cob length and weight, biomass yield, harvest index, plant dry weight, shoot and root dry weight, leaf area index, stem and culm diameter, root hair length, phosphorus content and uptake, nitrogen and carbon content, sodium content, auxin content, net photosynthetic rate, and respiration rate. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to seasonality and photochemical quenching.