natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1
Curator Summary
Thought to be involved in iron homeostasis. Induced in leaves in response to iron deficiency. Transgenic plants accumulate toxic levels of iron. Gene complements yeast iron uptake mutants.
Computational Description
natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 (NRAMP1); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein (InterPro:IPR001046); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: NRAMP metal ion transporter 6 (TAIR:AT1G15960.1); Has 5566 Blast hits to 5511 proteins in 1695 species: Archae - 118; Bacteria - 4154; Metazoa - 357; Fungi - 273; Plants - 337; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 327 (source: NCBI BLink).