Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb261140
• Gene Symbol: ZmMATE1 mate1 qALT6
• Gene Name: multidrug and toxic compound extrusion1
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• In maize, ZmMATE1 confers Al tolerance via Al-activated citrate release, whereby citrate forms non-toxic complexes with Al3+ in the rhizosphere.
• The lack of Al tolerance QTL on chromosome 6 and the much lower expression of ZmMATE1 in both Kenyan lines than in Cateto Al237, which donates the superior allele of ZmMATE1, strongly indicate that this gene does not play a significant role in Al tolerance in neither parent.
• The existence of Al tolerance mechanisms independent from ZmMATE1 suggests it is possible to develop highly Al tolerant cultivars by pyramiding complementary Al tolerance genes in maize.
• ZmMATE1 confers aluminum tolerance in lines that carry 3 adjacent identical copies of the mate1 gene.

Function-related keywords:

• tolerance ,  aluminum ,  al-tolerance ,  aluminum-tolerance

Literature:

• Aluminum tolerance mechanisms in Kenyan maize germplasm are independent from the citrate transporter ZmMATE1.   DOI:  10.1038/s41598-020-64107-z ;  PMID:  32355284

Related News:

Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: LOC100322876
• UniProt accessions: A0A804PRD1

Sequences:

Source: Genetic information comes from the article