ACHE — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BVRB_4G079910 (symbol ACHE, preferred name BvLIP4) on sugar beet chromosome 4 encodes a GDSL/SGNH plant lipase-like protein with sinapine esterase, serine O-acyltransferase, acetylajmaline esterase, carboxylic ester hydrolase, glycosidase, acyltransferase, esterase, and lipase activities, and is associated with IgE binding. The gene is associated with acetylcholine breakdown, lipolysis, lipid metabolism, alkaloid metabolism, isoprenoid anabolism, ER organisation, defense response, response to wounding, nodulation, menstruation, blood pressure regulation, cytokine production, innervation, and memory. It localises to the symbiosome, chloroplast stroma, and extracellular. Studies of related GDSL esterase/lipase family members in other species connect the family to traits including pungency, flavonoid content, carotenoid content, germination rate, and root morphology.