Transmembrane amino acid transporter family protein
Curator Summary
Encodes an auxin influx transporter. AUX1 resides at the apical plasma membrane of protophloem cells and at highly dynamic subpopulations of Golgi apparatus and endosomes in all cell types. AUX1 action in the lateral root cap and/or epidermal cells influences lateral root initiation and positioning.
Computational Description
AUXIN RESISTANT 1 (AUX1); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Amino acid transporter, transmembrane (InterPro:IPR013057); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: like AUXIN RESISTANT 1 (TAIR:AT5G01240.1); Has 1256 Blast hits to 1251 proteins in 143 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 116; Fungi - 283; Plants - 825; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 32 (source: NCBI BLink).