title: The AMI1 gene family: indole-3-acetamide hydrolase functions in auxin biosynthesis in plants.
abstract: Novel genes that function in the conversion of indole-3-acetamide (IAM) into indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), which were previously thought to exist only in the bacterial genome, have been isolated from plants. The finding of the AtAMI1 gene in Arabidopsis thaliana and the NtAMI1 gene in Nicotiana tabacum, which encode indole-3-acetamide hydrolase, indicates the existence of a new pathway for auxin biosynthesis in plants. This review summarizes the characteristics of these genes involved in auxin biosynthesis and discusses the possibility of the AMI1 gene family being widely distributed in the plant kingdom. Its evolutionary relationship to bacterial indole-3-acetamide hydrolase, based on phylogenetic analyses, is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Bioscience, Tokai University, 317 Nishino, Numazu, Shizuoka 410-0321, Japan. y-mano@wing.ncc.u-tokai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mano
authors.forename: Keiichirou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muranaka
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D017343:Genes, Plant; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C058772:indole-3-acetamide hydrolase