Encodes a Al-activated malate efflux transporter. Is essential for aluminum tolerance but does not represent the major Al tolerance QTL. Staurosporine and calyculin A both block all changes in AtALMT1 gene expression (as a result malate release is totally inhibited).
Computational Description
aluminum-activated malate transporter 1 (ALMT1); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Malate transporter, aliminium toerance (InterPro:IPR020966); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Aluminium activated malate transporter family protein (TAIR:AT1G08440.1); Has 520 Blast hits to 518 proteins in 110 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 144; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 10; Plants - 351; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 15 (source: NCBI BLink).