ACO1 — Capsicum annuum

Summary

CaACO1 (T459_20766) on pepper chromosome 7 encodes a protein with aconitase activity, intramolecular hydroxytransferase activity, 3-isopropylmalate dehydratase activity, IRE binding, mRNA 5'-UTR binding, poly(U) binding, 4Fe-4S cluster binding, copper binding, metal binding, ATP binding, and protein binding. The gene is associated with the TCA cycle, citrate and isocitrate metabolism, the glyoxylate cycle, methionine metabolism, SAM cycle, glucosinolate anabolism, indole glucosinolate anabolism, response to iron ion starvation, regulation of salicylic acid-mediated signaling pathway, negative regulation of leaf senescence, leaf senescence, trichome morphogenesis, downregulation of defense response, virus-induced PTGS, immune response, regulation of ROS metabolic process, and seedling development. It is associated with ethylene sensitivity, root morphology trait, lateral root development, waterlogging stress tolerance, ethylene production, plant growth, gravitropic response, salt tolerance, and abiotic stress response. The product localizes to mitochondria, chloroplast stroma, plastids, cytosol, plasmalemma, apoplast, plasmodesmata, PP2A complex, plant-type cell wall, and plant-type vacuole. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to seed germination, stress response, adventitious root formation, fruit shelf-life, fruit softening, ethylene biosynthesis, abiotic