CAT2 cationic amino acid transporter 2 [Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: CAT2
Official Full Name: cationic amino acid transporter 2
Primary source: TAIR:AT1G58030
Locus tag: AT1G58030
See related: Araport:AT1G58030
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: cationic amino acid transporter 2
Summary: Encodes a member of the cationic amino acid transporter (CAT) subfamily of amino acid polyamine choline transporters. Localized to the tonoplast.
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NM_179491.3

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables transmembrane transporter activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within intracellular amino acid homeostasis	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in transmembrane transport	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in plant-type vacuole	HDA more info	PubMed
located_in plant-type vacuole membrane	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

NP_849822.1

cationic amino acid transporter 2 (CAT2); FUNCTIONS IN: amino acid transmembrane transporter activity; INVOLVED IN: amino acid transport, transport, transmembrane transport; LOCATED IN: plant-type vacuole membrane, plasma membrane, vacuole, membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Cationic amino acid transporter (InterPro:IPR015606), Amino acid/polyamine transporter I (InterPro:IPR002293), Amino acid permease domain (InterPro:IPR004841); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: cationic amino acid transporter 3 (TAIR:AT5G36940.1); Has 37076 Blast hits to 34712 proteins in 2307 species: Archae - 552; Bacteria - 29543; Metazoa - 2357; Fungi - 2838; Plants - 508; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 1278 (source: NCBI BLink).

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