NCBI Accession #
NP_001105725.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001112255.1
NCBI Official Full Name
glutamine synthetase, chloroplastic
NCBI Official Symbol
gln1
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
gs2; GLN2; GRMZM2G098290; GRMZM5G885867
NCBI Protein Information
glutamine synthetase, chloroplastic
UniProt Protein Name
Glutamine synthetase, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
GS2; Glutamate--ammonia ligase
UniProt Primary Accession #
P25462
UniProt Related Accession #
P25462
UniProt Comments
The light-modulated chloroplast enzyme, encoded by a nuclear gene and expressed primarily in leaves, is responsible for the reassimilation of the ammonia generated by photorespiration.