Expressed in cotyledons 10 days after imbibition (DAI). Expressed in the minor and major veins of cotyledons and leaves, in the shoot apex and pedicels. Expressed in the root meristems, root tips and lateral root primordia. Highly expressed in gynoecium development, disappearing with maturation. Belongs to the nucleobase:cation symporter-2 (NCS2) (TC 2.A.40) family.