Transmembrane nitrate transporter. Involved in xylem transport of nitrate from root to shoot. Induced in response to nitrate. Not involved in nitrate uptake. expressed in root pericycle cells.
Computational Description
nitrate transporter 1.5 (NRT1.5); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Oligopeptide transporter (InterPro:IPR000109), Major facilitator superfamily, general substrate transporter (InterPro:IPR016196); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: NITRATE TRANSPORTER 1.8 (TAIR:AT4G21680.1); Has 7755 Blast hits to 7381 proteins in 1434 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 3851; Metazoa - 707; Fungi - 433; Plants - 2214; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 550 (source: NCBI BLink).