Gene Details:

• Gene ID: AT2G42000
• Gene Symbol: AtMT4a
• Gene Name: Arabidopsis thaliana metallothionein 4a
• Description: plant EC metallothionein family protein;(source:Araport11)
• TAIR Accession: locus:2064617
• Genome: Araport11_genome_release
• Species: Arabidopsis thaliana

Transcripts:

• AT2G42000.1     AT2G42000.2

Gene Ontology:

• GO:0005737  — located in — cytoplasm
• GO:0005576  — located in — extracellular region
• GO:0008270  — enables — zinc ion binding
• GO:0016020  — located in — membrane
• GO:0006829  — acts upstream of or within — zinc ion transport
• GO:0005634  — located in — nucleus

Literature:

• Expression profiles of Arabidopsis thaliana in mineral deficiencies reveal novel transporters involved in metal homeostasis.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.M309338200 ;  PMID:  13129917
• Type 4 metallothionein genes are involved in regulating Zn ion accumulation in late embryo and in controlling early seedling growth in Arabidopsis.   DOI:  10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02450.x ;  PMID:  22014117
• Anchoring plant metallothioneins to the inner face of the plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells leads to heavy metal accumulation.   DOI:  10.1371/journal.pone.0178393 ;  PMID:  28562640
• Differential reactivity of closely related zinc(II)-binding metallothioneins from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.   DOI:  10.1007/s00775-017-1516-6 ;  PMID:  29218630
• Comparative expression analysis of genes encoding metallothioneins in response to heavy metals and abiotic stresses in rice (Oryza sativa) and Arabidopsis thaliana.   DOI:  10.1080/09168451.2018.1486177 ;  PMID:  29912641

Sequence: