| Type: | Family | Name: | Nucleobase-ascorbate transporter 11/12 |
| Description: | Twelve members of the nucleobase-ascorbate transporter (NAT) gene family have been identified in Arabidopsis thaliana. The plant NAT proteins can be split into five clades based on protein multiple sequence alignments; NAT11 and NAT12 are found in the same clade []. NAT12 from Arabidopsis possesses a highly hydrophilic N-terminal extension of about 120-130 amino acid residues that could serve as an organellar targeting sequence, although preliminary studies indicate that NAT12 is localised to the plasma membrane rather than to plastids []. NAT12 may act as a proton-nucleobase symporter []. | Short Name: | NAT11/NAT12 |
