Gene Details:

• Gene ID:
• Gene Symbol: GPAT
• Gene Name: glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase
• Genome:
• Species: Capsicum annuum

Functional Descriptions:

• Overexpression of Sweet Pepper Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase Gene Enhanced Thermotolerance of Photosynthetic Apparatus in Transgenic Tobacco.
• Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) gene is the first enzyme in the metabolism pathway of glycerolipid biosynthesis in chloroplasts.
• Overexpression of chilling-sensitive plant sweet pepper sense GPAT in tobacco may induce more 16:0 acids selected in the lipid biosynthesis pathway, and consequently increase the saturation of four major lipids in the thylakoid membrane, with the most significant increase in MGDG.
• GPAT have been cloned from many kinds of plants, but the following works generally focused on plant chilling tolerance.

Function-related keywords:

• tolerance ,  chilling ,  chilling-tolerance ,  phosphate ,  thermotolerance ,  lipid-metabolism

Literature:

• Overexpression of sweet pepper glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase gene enhanced thermotolerance of photosynthetic apparatus in transgenic tobacco.   DOI:  10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00652.x ;  PMID:  18713430

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: AY318749.2
• UniProt accessions:

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Sequences:

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