CYTME2 — Zea mays

Summary

ZM00001EB371040 (CYTME2) on maize chromosome 8 encodes a protein with malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) (NAD+) activity, malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) (NADP+) activity, and oxaloacetate decarboxylase activity (EC 1.1.1.40), and binds metal ions, NAD, microtubules, and zinc. The gene is associated with C4 photosynthesis, malate metabolism and transport, pyruvate anabolism, photoprotection, photorespiration, and the TCA cycle. It is linked to carbon isotope discrimination, net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, stomatal resistance, quantum yield, chlorophyll content, leaf temperature, shoot dry weight, drought tolerance, and brassinosteroid sensitivity. Associations also include salt and osmotic stress tolerance, aluminum tolerance, root development, flowering time, pathogen resistance, and reactive oxygen species production. The protein localises to mitochondria, plastids, cytosol, and other cellular compartments. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to salt stress tolerance, primary metabolism, and growth.