MGT6 magnesium transporter 6 [Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress)] - Gene

Summary

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Official Symbol: MGT6
Official Full Name: magnesium transporter 6
Primary source: TAIR:AT3G58970
Locus tag: AT3G58970
See related: Araport:AT3G58970
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype: Columbia)
Lineage: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis
Also known as: magnesium transporter 6; MRS2-4
Summary: Transmembrane magnesium transporter. One of nine family members.
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Genomic context

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Location:: chromosome: 3

Exon count:: 3

Sequence:: Chromosome: 3; NC_003074.8 (21789332..21791476, complement)

Chromosome 3 - NC_003074.8 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:: NC_003074.8

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Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

MRS2-4 is important for successful adaptation to both low and high Mg conditions, as well as for Mg uptake under normal Mg conditions.
Title: The Arabidopsis Mg Transporter, MRS2-4, is Essential for Mg Homeostasis Under Both Low and High Mg Conditions.

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Homology

Orthologs from OrthoDB

NM_115759.4

Supported by ESTs:

Gene Ontology Provided by TAIR

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables magnesium ion transmembrane transporter activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within magnesium ion transmembrane transport	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in mitochondrion	ISM Inferred from Sequence Model more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: magnesium transporter 6

NP_567076.1

magnesium transporter 6 (MGT6); FUNCTIONS IN: magnesium ion transmembrane transporter activity, metal ion transmembrane transporter activity; INVOLVED IN: transmembrane transport, metal ion transport; LOCATED IN: plasma membrane, membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 28 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Mg2+ transporter protein, CorA-like (InterPro:IPR002523); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: magnesium transport 5 (TAIR:AT4G28580.1); Has 803 Blast hits to 784 proteins in 174 species: Archae - 2; Bacteria - 26; Metazoa - 66; Fungi - 194; Plants - 407; Viruses - 2; Other Eukaryotes - 106 (source: NCBI BLink).

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

NC_003074.8 Reference assembly

Range

21789332..21791476 complement

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mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_115759.4 → NP_567076.1 magnesium transporter 6 [Arabidopsis thaliana]

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Status: REVIEWED

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

Q93ZD7, Q9LYT9

UniProtKB/TrEMBL

A0A178VB54, A0A5S9XM44

Conserved Domains (1) summary

cd12823
Location:65 → 433

Mrs2_Mfm1p-like; Saccharomyces cerevisiae inner mitochondrial membrane Mg2+ transporters Mfm1p and Mrs2p-like family