The malic enzyme (EC 1.1.1.40) encoded by the ATNADP-ME3 is presumably cytosolic and restricted in its expression by both developmental and cell-specific signals.
Computational Description
NADP-malic enzyme 3 (NADP-ME3); FUNCTIONS IN: malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating) (NADP+) activity, oxidoreductase activity, acting on NADH or NADPH, NAD or NADP as acceptor, malic enzyme activity; INVOLVED IN: N-terminal protein myristoylation, malate metabolic process, protein homooligomerization; LOCATED IN: cytosol; EXPRESSED IN: 10 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: L mature pollen stage, M germinated pollen stage, 4 anthesis, C globular stage, petal differentiation and expansion stage; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Malic enzyme, NAD-binding (InterPro:IPR012302), Malic oxidoreductase (InterPro:IPR001891), Malic enzyme, conserved site (InterPro:IPR015884), Malic enzyme, N-terminal (InterPro:IPR012301), NAD(P)-binding domain (InterPro:IPR016040); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: NADP-malic enzyme 2 (TAIR:AT5G11670.1); Has 1807 Blast hits to 1807 proteins in 277 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 736; Fungi - 347; Plants - 385; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 339 (source: NCBI BLink).
