LOX — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvLOX (BVRB_6G151340) on sugar beet chromosome 6 encodes a lipoxygenase family protein with linoleate 13S-lipoxygenase, peroxidase, phytoene dehydrogenase, and RNA cap binding activities. The gene is associated with jasmonic acid and oxylipin biosynthesis, lipid oxidation, green leaf volatile production, and responses to herbivores, insects, ozone, high light, and viruses. It is linked to photoperiod-sensitive flowering time, seed yield, photosynthetic rate, root thickness, low temperature stress response, and embryo development. Localization evidence connects the protein to chloroplast thylakoids, stromules, stress granules, P bodies, and the apoplast. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to wound response, jasmonate accumulation, drought resistance, herbivore defense, and resistance to fungal pathogens and viruses.