Encodes a high affinity amino acid transporter that is probably responsible for import of organic nitrogen into developing seeds. One of eight gene family members that encode amino acid permeases. Most closely related to AAP1 (75%) identity.
Computational Description
amino acid permease 8 (AAP8); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Amino acid transporter, transmembrane (InterPro:IPR013057); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: amino acid permease 1 (TAIR:AT1G58360.1); Has 2959 Blast hits to 2943 proteins in 246 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 24; Metazoa - 771; Fungi - 529; Plants - 1378; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 257 (source: NCBI BLink).