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 RESISTANT2 (AZG2); FUNCTIONS IN: transporter activity, purine transmembrane transporter activity; INVOLVED IN: transport, purine transport; LOCATED IN: membrane; EXPRESSED IN: root; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Xanthine/uracil/vitamin C permease (InterPro:IPR006043); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: AZA-guanine resistant1 (TAIR:AT3G10960.1); Has 35333 Blast hits to 34131 proteins in 2444 species: Archae - 798; Bacteria - 22429; Metazoa - 974; Fungi - 991; Plants - 531; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 9610 (source: NCBI BLink).