Basic information
Locus name	AT2G31260
Alias	AtAPG9
Organism	Arabidopsis thaliana
Taxonomic identifier	[NCBI]
Function category	Nutrient recycling:Autophagy
Effect for Senescence	delay
Gene Description	Involved in autophagy, the process of vacuolar bulk degradation of cytoplasmic components. Mutant shows accelerated bolting and senescence.
Evidence	Genetic evidence:Mutant [Ref 1]; Genomic evidence:microarray data [Ref 2]
References	1: Hanaoka H, Noda T, Shirano Y, Kato T, Hayashi H, Shibata D, Tabata S, Ohsumi Y Leaf senescence and starvation-induced chlorosis are accelerated by the disruption of an Arabidopsis autophagy gene. Plant Physiol. 2002 Jul;129(3):1181-93 2: Buchanan-Wollaston V, Page T, Harrison E, Breeze E, Lim PO, Nam HG, Lin JF, Wu SH, Swidzinski J, Ishizaki K, Leaver CJ Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals significant differences in gene expression and signalling pathways between developmental and dark/starvation-induced senescence in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 2005 May;42(4):567-85
Sequence	AT2G31260.1 | Genomic | mRNA | CDS | Protein
Mutant information
Mutant name	atapg9-1
Mutant/Transgenic	mutant
Ecotype	Col-0
Mutagenesis type	T-DNA insertion_knock out
Microarray
Sampling	Buchanan-Wollaston V, Page T, Harrison E, Breeze E, Lim PO, Nam HG, Lin JF, Wu SH, Swidzinski J, Ishizaki K, Leaver CJ. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals significant differences in gene expression and signalling pathways between developmental and dark/starvation-induced senescence in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 2005 May;42(4)
Comparation	Legends: Col: wild type, indicates the ratio of expression in senescing leaves/green leaves. NahG, coi1 and ein2: indicates the ratio of expression in senescing leaves of mutant/senescing wild type. D/L: ratio of DARK 5d/control. CD: Cell Death, ratio of starved cell suspension culture/control. Genes showing at least 3 fold (ratio) up regulation during leaf senescence.
Ortholog Group
Ortholog Groups: OG5_128836	Accession Taxon NP_850164 ( AT2G31260 ) Arabidopsis thaliana ACO63365 Micromonas sp. RCC299 NP_001049553 Oryza sativa Japonica Group e_gw1.05.00.69.1 Ostreococcus tauri e_gw1.243.45.1 Physcomitrella patens subsp. patens e_gw1.58.145.1 Physcomitrella patens subsp. patens 29584.m000241 Ricinus communis estExt_fgenesh1_pg.C_chr_30291 Thalassiosira pseudonana CCMP1335 XP_002952621 Volvox carteri f. nagariensis
Cross Link
Database Entry ID E-value Start End InterPro ID Description PANTHER PTHR13038 0.0 2 848 IPR007241 Autophagy-related protein 9 Pfam PF04109 1.6E-128 199 565 IPR007241 Autophagy-related protein 9 Coils Coil NA 811 832 No hit NA
Mutant Image
atg9-1 mutant exhibited early senescence.