CAD — Capsicum annuum

Summary

T459_34734 (CAD) in pepper (Capsicum annuum) encodes a CAD-like protein with multiple oxidoreductase activities, including geraniol dehydrogenase, vomilenine reductase, aryl-alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+), mannitol dehydrogenase, enone reductase, 8-hydroxygeraniol dehydrogenase, 2-alkenal reductase (NADPH), cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase, aldo-keto reductase (NAD) activity, oxidoreductase activity acting on the CH-OH group of donors with NAD or NADP as acceptor, protein homodimerization activity, and zinc binding. The gene is associated with phenylpropanoid metabolism, chlorophyll anabolism and breakdown, pigmentation, green leaf volatile biosynthesis, cellular respiration, lignin anabolism, flavonoid anabolism, alkaloid metabolism, syngamy, and responses to hypoxia, flooding, sucrose, hydrogen peroxide, estradiol, and caffeine. It has been linked to traits including fruit color, lignin content, photosynthetic rate, respiration rate, submergence tolerance, drought tolerance, low temperature stress response, disease tolerance, herbicide sensitivity, and salt tolerance. The protein localizes to chloroplasts (stroma, envelope, thylakoid, stromule), cytosol, nucleus, apoplast, and plasmalemma.