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EMB2729 Alpha amylase family protein [ Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) ]

Gene ID: 821589, updated on 18-Sep-2024

Summary

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Official Symbol
EMB2729
Official Full Name
Alpha amylase family protein
Primary source
TAIR:AT3G20440
Locus tag
AT3G20440
See related
Araport:AT3G20440
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype: Columbia)
Lineage
Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis
Also known as
BE1; BRANCHING ENZYME 1; EMBRYO DEFECTIVE 2729
Summary
Encodes BE1, a putative glycoside hydrolase. Involved in organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis by regulating carbohydrate metabolism. Mutation in BE1 has pleotrophic effect on the whole plant development.
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Genomic context

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See EMB2729 in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
chromosome: 3
Exon count:
21
Sequence:
Chromosome: 3; NC_003074.8 (7123182..7130477, complement)

Chromosome 3 - NC_003074.8Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene calmodulin-domain protein kinase 9 Neighboring gene RNAse THREE-like protein 2 Neighboring gene phosphorylated adapter RNA export-like protein Neighboring gene B-cell receptor-associated protein 31-like protein Neighboring gene Major facilitator superfamily protein

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:
NC_003074.8

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Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Arabidopsis thaliana branching enzyme 1 is essential for amylopectin biosynthesis and cesium tolerance. Zhang J, et al. J Plant Physiol, 2020 Sep. PMID 32688166
  2. The Arabidopsis BE1 gene, encoding a putative glycoside hydrolase localized in plastids, plays crucial roles during embryogenesis and carbohydrate metabolism. Wang X, et al. J Integr Plant Biol, 2010 Mar. PMID 20377688
  3. Sorting signals, N-terminal modifications and abundance of the chloroplast proteome. Zybailov B, et al. PLoS One, 2008 Apr 23. PMID 18431481, Free PMC Article
  4. Sequence and analysis of chromosome 3 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Salanoubat M, et al. Nature, 2000 Dec 14. PMID 11130713

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. Arabidopsis thaliana branching enzyme 1 is essential for amylopectin biosynthesis and cesium tolerance.
    Title: Arabidopsis thaliana branching enzyme 1 is essential for amylopectin biosynthesis and cesium tolerance.
  2. The characterization of multiple alleles of the BRANCHING ENZYME1 (BE1) gene (also known as EMB2729), is reported.
    Title: The Arabidopsis BE1 gene, encoding a putative glycoside hydrolase localized in plastids, plays crucial roles during embryogenesis and carbohydrate metabolism.
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General gene information

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Markers

NM_001161157.2
NM_001203011.1
NM_112935.2

Gene Ontology Provided by TAIR

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables 1,4-alpha-glucan branching enzyme activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables cation binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Process Evidence Code Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within carbohydrate metabolic process IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
 PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within embryo development ending in seed dormancy NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
  
involved_in glycogen biosynthetic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
acts_upstream_of_or_within post-embryonic development IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in starch biosynthetic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in chloroplast HDA PubMed 
located_in chloroplast ISM
Inferred from Sequence Model
more info
  
located_in plastid IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 

General protein information

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Preferred Names
Alpha amylase family protein
NP_001154629.1
  • EMBRYO DEFECTIVE 2729 (EMB2729); FUNCTIONS IN: cation binding, catalytic activity, alpha-amylase activity; INVOLVED IN: post-embryonic development, carbohydrate metabolic process, embryo development ending in seed dormancy; LOCATED IN: plastid; EXPRESSED IN: 16 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 8 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Glycosyl hydrolase, family 13, all-beta (InterPro:IPR013780), Immunoglobulin E-set (InterPro:IPR014756), Glycoside hydrolase, catalytic core (InterPro:IPR017853), Alpha-amylase, C-terminal all beta (InterPro:IPR006048), Glycoside hydrolase, subgroup, catalytic core (InterPro:IPR013781), Glycosyl hydrolase, family 13, catalytic domain (InterPro:IPR006047); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: starch branching enzyme 2.1 (TAIR:AT2G36390.1); Has 10844 Blast hits to 10504 proteins in 2056 species: Archae - 101; Bacteria - 8205; Metazoa - 231; Fungi - 225; Plants - 1250; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 832 (source: NCBI BLink).
NP_001189940.1
  • EMBRYO DEFECTIVE 2729 (EMB2729); FUNCTIONS IN: cation binding, catalytic activity, alpha-amylase activity; INVOLVED IN: post-embryonic development, carbohydrate metabolic process, embryo development ending in seed dormancy; LOCATED IN: plastid; EXPRESSED IN: 10 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 8 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Immunoglobulin E-set (InterPro:IPR014756), Alpha-amylase, C-terminal all beta (InterPro:IPR006048), Glycoside hydrolase, catalytic core (InterPro:IPR017853), Glycosyl hydrolase, family 13, subfamily, catalytic domain (InterPro:IPR006589), Glycosyl hydrolase, family 13, all-beta (InterPro:IPR013780), Glycoside hydrolase, subgroup, catalytic core (InterPro:IPR013781), Glycosyl hydrolase, family 13, catalytic domain (InterPro:IPR006047); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: starch branching enzyme 2.1 (TAIR:AT2G36390.1).
NP_188679.2
  • EMBRYO DEFECTIVE 2729 (EMB2729); FUNCTIONS IN: cation binding, catalytic activity, alpha-amylase activity; INVOLVED IN: post-embryonic development, carbohydrate metabolic process, embryo development ending in seed dormancy; LOCATED IN: chloroplast, plastid; EXPRESSED IN: 10 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 8 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Glycosyl hydrolase, family 13, all-beta (InterPro:IPR013780), Immunoglobulin E-set (InterPro:IPR014756), Glycoside hydrolase, catalytic core (InterPro:IPR017853), Alpha-amylase, C-terminal all beta (InterPro:IPR006048), Glycoside hydrolase, subgroup, catalytic core (InterPro:IPR013781), Glycosyl hydrolase, family 13, catalytic domain (InterPro:IPR006047); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: starch branching enzyme 2.1 (TAIR:AT2G36390.1); Has 7798 Blast hits to 7473 proteins in 1903 species: Archae - 76; Bacteria - 5544; Metazoa - 204; Fungi - 180; Plants - 1205; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 589 (source: NCBI BLink).

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_003074.8 Reference assembly

    Range
    7123182..7130477 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001161157.2 → NP_001154629.1  Alpha amylase family protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001154629.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    D2WL32, F4JEP1, Q8GWK4, Q9LTP8
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A5S9XEI7
    Conserved Domains (4) summary
    PLN03244
    Location:1 → 899
    PLN03244; alpha-amylase; Provisional
    pfam02806
    Location:799 → 894
    Alpha-amylase_C; Alpha amylase, C-terminal all-beta domain
    cl07893
    Location:381 → 780
    AmyAc_family; Alpha amylase catalytic domain family
    cl09101
    Location:334 → 377
    E_set; Early set domain associated with the catalytic domain of sugar utilizing enzymes at either the N or C terminus

  2. NM_112935.2 → NP_188679.2  Alpha amylase family protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_188679.2

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A5S9XEI7
    Conserved Domains (4) summary
    PLN03244
    Location:1 → 869
    PLN03244; alpha-amylase; Provisional
    pfam02806
    Location:769 → 864
    Alpha-amylase_C; Alpha amylase, C-terminal all-beta domain
    cl07893
    Location:381 → 750
    AmyAc_family; Alpha amylase catalytic domain family
    cl09101
    Location:334 → 377
    E_set; Early set domain associated with the catalytic domain of sugar utilizing enzymes at either the N or C terminus

  3. NM_001203011.1 → NP_001189940.1  Alpha amylase family protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001189940.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A5S9XEI7
    Conserved Domains (4) summary
    PLN03244
    Location:1 → 897
    PLN03244; alpha-amylase; Provisional
    pfam02806
    Location:806 → 889
    Alpha-amylase_C; Alpha amylase, C-terminal all-beta domain
    cl07893
    Location:386 → 785
    AmyAc_family; Alpha amylase catalytic domain family
    cl09101
    Location:334 → 382
    E_set; Early set domain associated with the catalytic domain of sugar utilizing enzymes at either the N or C terminus
Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
D2WL32.1

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