NCBI Accession #
Q41364.1
NCBI Official Full Name
Dicarboxylate transporter 1, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
SODIT1
UniProt Protein Name
Dicarboxylate transporter 1, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
2-oxoglutarate/malate translocator
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q41364
UniProt Comments
2-oxoglutarate/malate translocator that transports carbon skeletons into chloroplasts for net glutamate synthesis. This translocator exchanges malate for internal succinate, fumarate and 2-oxoglutarate but not for aspartate and glutamate. Involved with DIT2 in primary ammonia assimilation and in the re-assimilation of ammonia generated by the photorespiratory pathway. Imports 2-oxoglutarate into plastids as precursor for ammonia assimilation. 2-oxoglutarate is converted to glutamate, the end product of ammonia assimilation, which is exported to the cytosol by DIT2.