CAT8 cationic amino acid transporter 8 [Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: CAT8
Official Full Name: cationic amino acid transporter 8
Primary source: TAIR:AT1G17120
Locus tag: AT1G17120
See related: Araport:AT1G17120
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 8; F20D23.19; F20D23_19
Summary: Encodes a member of the cationic amino acid transporter (CAT) subfamily of amino acid polyamine choline transporters. Does not mediate efficient uptake of basic amino acids in yeast or Xenopus systems but can transport neutral and acidic amino acid analogs.
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NM_101572.4

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
NOT enables basic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
enables basic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
enables transmembrane transporter activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in transmembrane transport	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

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

NP_173155.1

cationic amino acid transporter 8 (CAT8); FUNCTIONS IN: cationic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity; INVOLVED IN: transport, amino acid transport, transmembrane transport; LOCATED IN: intracellular membrane-bounded organelle, plasma membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 25 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 5 (TAIR:AT2G34960.1); Has 31846 Blast hits to 31753 proteins in 2313 species: Archae - 496; Bacteria - 26086; Metazoa - 1876; Fungi - 1926; Plants - 406; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 1056 (source: NCBI BLink).

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