EAS — Capsicum annuum

Summary

T459_31829 (EAS) on pepper (Capsicum annuum) scaffold459 encodes a 5-epiaristolochene synthase, a terpene synthase with 5-epi-aristolochene synthase, vetispiradiene synthase, sesquiterpene synthase, and carbon-oxygen lyase activities, and binds magnesium. The gene is associated with sesquiterpene biosynthesis, farnesyl diphosphate breakdown, and terpenoid, diterpenoid, and isoprenoid anabolism. It is linked to defense responses, response to fungi, cell death, response to jasmonic acid, hormone-mediated signaling, regulation of gene expression, and fruit development. The encoded protein localizes to the cytoplasm. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to additional sesquiterpene synthase activities (EC 4.2.3.227, 4.2.3.226, 4.2.3.21, 4.2.3.88).