>pfam03059 NAS Nicotianamine synthase protein. Nicotianamine synthase EC:2.5.1.43 catalyses the trimerisation of S-adenosylmethionine to yield one molecule of nicotianamine. Nicotianamine has an important role in plant iron uptake mechanisms. Plants adopt two strategies (termed I and II) of iron acquisition. Strategy I is adopted by all higher plants except graminaceous plants, which adopt strategy II. In strategy I plants, the role of nicotianamine is not fully determined: possible roles include the formation of more stable complexes with ferrous than with ferric ion, which might serve as a sensor of the physiological status of iron within a plant, or which might be involved in the transport of iron. In strategy II (graminaceous) plants, nicotianamine is the key intermediate (and nicotianamine synthase the key enzyme) in the synthesis of the mugineic family (the only known family in plants) of phytosiderophores. Phytosiderophores are iron chelators whose secretion by the roots is great

Probab=93.69  E-value=0.61  Score=26.21  Aligned_cols=11  Identities=55%  Similarity=0.887  Sum_probs=4.9

Q ss_pred             EEEEECCCCHH
Q ss_conf             28998898136
Q gi|254781048|r    5 KIALIGSGMIG   15 (320)
Q Consensus         5 KV~IIGaG~VG   15 (320)
T Consensus       124 ~vAFIGSGPLP  134 (277)
T pfam03059       124 RIAFIGSGPLP  134 (277)
T ss_pred             EEEEECCCCCC
T ss_conf             48996378861