InterPro domain: IPR020966

This entry represents an malate transporter which has been is identified as being critical for aluminium tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]. Some family members have been reported to permeable to chloride, nitrate, sulphate and malate [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ].

1. AtALMT1, which encodes a malate transporter, is identified as one of several genes critical for aluminum tolerance in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103, 9738-43
2. Characterization of AtALMT1 expression in aluminum-inducible malate release and its role for rhizotoxic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 145, 843-52
3. Aluminum-activated citrate and malate transporters from the MATE and ALMT families function independently to confer Arabidopsis aluminum tolerance. Plant J. 57, 389-99
4. STOP1 regulates multiple genes that protect arabidopsis from proton and aluminum toxicities. Plant Physiol. 150, 281-94
5. A wheat gene encoding an aluminum-activated malate transporter. Plant J. 37, 645-53
6. Molecular characterization and mapping of ALMT1, the aluminium-tolerance gene of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Genome 48, 781-91
7. Evidence for the plasma membrane localization of Al-activated malate transporter (ALMT1). Plant Cell Physiol. 46, 812-6
8. Novel properties of the wheat aluminum tolerance organic acid transporter (TaALMT1) revealed by electrophysiological characterization in Xenopus Oocytes: functional and structural implications. Plant Physiol. 147, 2131-46