Protein
Maltose excess protein 1, chloroplastic
Organism
Arabidopsis thaliana
Function
Probable maltose transporter. Essential for the conversion of starch to sucrose in leaves at night, probably via the export of maltose from the chloroplast. Required for root cap cells formation.
Sequence
MEGKAIATSLGGDRVLIFPCSPRSSFVFTSRLSSLPLKRASIGGAVSCSGVNGLTRWNSIVSTRRLVPVRSINSESDSDSDFPHENQQGNPGLGKFKEYQEWDSWTAKFSGGANIPFLMLQLPQIILNTQNLLAGNNTALSAVPWLGMLTGLLGNLSLLSYFAKKREKEAAVVQTLGVVSTHIVLAQLTMAEAMPIQYFVATSAVVTIGLIVNCLYYFGKLSKTVWQLWEDVITIGGLSVLPQIMWSTFVPLVPNSILPGTTAFGIAVAAIIMARTGKLSEKGVRFVGSLSGWTATLMFMWMPVSQMWTNFLNPDNIKGLSSITMLLSMMGNGLMIPRALFIRDLMWLTGSLWATLFYGYGNILCLYLVNCTSQSFFVAATIGLISWIGLALWRDAVAYGHNSPFRSLKELVFGP