Phytochelatin synthase gene confers tolerance to cadmium ions. Catalyzes phytochelatin (PC) synthesis from glutathione (GSH) in the presence of Cd2+, Zn2+, Cu2+ and Fe3+, but not by Co2+ or Ni2+.
Computational Description
CADMIUM SENSITIVE 1 (CAD1); FUNCTIONS IN: cadmium ion binding, copper ion binding, glutathione gamma-glutamylcysteinyltransferase activity; INVOLVED IN: in 6 processes; LOCATED IN: cytosol; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Phytochelatin synthase, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR015407), Phytochelatin synthase (InterPro:IPR007719); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: phytochelatin synthase 2 (TAIR:AT1G03980.1); Has 1807 Blast hits to 1807 proteins in 277 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 736; Fungi - 347; Plants - 385; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 339 (source: NCBI BLink).
