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    ALMT9 aluminum-activated malate transporter 9 [ Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) ]

    Gene ID: 821373, updated on 18-Sep-2024

    Summary

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    Official Symbol
    ALMT9
    Official Full Name
    aluminum-activated malate transporter 9
    Primary source
    TAIR:AT3G18440
    Locus tag
    AT3G18440
    See related
    Araport:AT3G18440
    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
    aluminum-activated malate transporter 9; AtALMT9
    Summary
    Belongs to the aluminum-activated malate transporter family. Encodes a vacuolar malate channel. Expressed in all parts of plants. Almost exclusively expressed in mesophyll cells of leaves.
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    Genomic context

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    See ALMT9 in Genome Data Viewer
    Location:
    chromosome: 3
    Exon count:
    6
    Sequence:
    Chromosome: 3; NC_003074.8 (6328027..6330816)

    Chromosome 3 - NC_003074.8Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene NADH dehydrogenase ubiquinone 1 beta subcomplex subunit 10-B-like protein (Complex I subunit NDUFS6) Neighboring gene Protein prenylyltransferase superfamily protein Neighboring gene Calcium-binding EF-hand family protein Neighboring gene PLAC8 family protein Neighboring gene PLAC8 family protein

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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    Genomic Sequence:
    NC_003074.8

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    Bibliography

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    Related articles in PubMed

    1. Vacuolar Chloride Fluxes Impact Ion Content and Distribution during Early Salinity Stress. Baetz U, et al. Plant Physiol, 2016 Oct. PMID 27503602, Free PMC Article
    2. Cytosolic nucleotides block and regulate the Arabidopsis vacuolar anion channel AtALMT9. Zhang J, et al. J Biol Chem, 2014 Sep 12. PMID 25028514, Free PMC Article
    3. Identification of a probable pore-forming domain in the multimeric vacuolar anion channel AtALMT9. Zhang J, et al. Plant Physiol, 2013 Oct. PMID 23918900, Free PMC Article
    4. AtALMT9 is a malate-activated vacuolar chloride channel required for stomatal opening in Arabidopsis. De Angeli A, et al. Nat Commun, 2013. PMID 23653216, Free PMC Article
    5. The Arabidopsis vacuolar malate channel is a member of the ALMT family. Kovermann P, et al. Plant J, 2007 Dec. PMID 18005230

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    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    What's a GeneRIF?
    1. GABA signalling modulates stomatal opening to enhance plant water use efficiency and drought resilience.
      Title: GABA signalling modulates stomatal opening to enhance plant water use efficiency and drought resilience.
    2. Data indicate that vacuolar Cl(-) channel ALMT9 is highly expressed in the vasculature of shoots and roots.
      Title: Vacuolar Chloride Fluxes Impact Ion Content and Distribution during Early Salinity Stress.
    3. The block of AtALMT9-mediated anion currents by ATP at negative membrane potentials acts as a gate of the channel and vacuolar anion tune this gating mechanism
      Title: Cytosolic nucleotides block and regulate the Arabidopsis vacuolar anion channel AtALMT9.
    4. AtALMT9 is a tetramer and that the TMalpha5 domains of the subunits contribute to form the pore of this anion channel.
      Title: Identification of a probable pore-forming domain in the multimeric vacuolar anion channel AtALMT9.
    5. AtALMT9 is a vacuolar chloride channel having a major role in controlling stomata aperture.
      Title: AtALMT9 is a malate-activated vacuolar chloride channel required for stomatal opening in Arabidopsis.
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    General gene information

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    NM_112729.4

    Gene Ontology Provided by TAIR

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables monoatomic anion channel activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
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    		 PubMed 
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    acts_upstream_of_or_within malate transport IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
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    		 PubMed 
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    located_in plant-type vacuole membrane IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    located_in plasma membrane ISM
    Inferred from Sequence Model
    more info
    		  

    General protein information

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    Preferred Names
    aluminum-activated malate transporter 9
    NP_188473.1
    • aluminum-activated malate transporter 9 (ALMT9); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Malate transporter, aliminium toerance (InterPro:IPR020966); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Aluminium activated malate transporter family protein (TAIR:AT1G18420.1); Has 814 Blast hits to 808 proteins in 259 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 440; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 20; Plants - 338; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 16 (source: NCBI BLink).

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    Genome Annotation

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    Reference assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_003074.8 Reference assembly

      Range
      6328027..6330816
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    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_112729.4 → NP_188473.1  aluminum-activated malate transporter 9 [Arabidopsis thaliana]

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_188473.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q9LS46
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      A0A178V9E5
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      pfam11744
      Location:78 → 562
      ALMT; Aluminium activated malate transporter
      pfam13515
      Location:120 → 240
      FUSC_2; Fusaric acid resistance protein-like
    Nucleotide Protein
    Heading Accession and Version
    Protein Accession Links
    GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
    Q9LS46.1

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