Encodes a homolog of the adenine-guanine-hypoxanthine transporter AzgA of Aspergillus nidulans. Function as a plant adenine-guanine transporter. Two closely related genes exist in Arabidopsis: AT3G10960 (Azg1) and AT5G50300 (Azg2).
Computational Description
AZA-guanine resistant1 (AZG1); FUNCTIONS IN: transmembrane transporter activity, purine transmembrane transporter activity; INVOLVED IN: purine transport; LOCATED IN: membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 22 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Xanthine/uracil/vitamin C permease (InterPro:IPR006043); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Xanthine/uracil permease family protein (TAIR:AT5G50300.1); Has 8325 Blast hits to 8321 proteins in 1933 species: Archae - 105; Bacteria - 6300; Metazoa - 12; Fungi - 117; Plants - 83; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 1708 (source: NCBI BLink).