EAS — Capsicum annuum

Summary

T459_35185 (EAS) on pepper chromosome PGAv.1.6.scaffold2357 encodes a 5-epiaristolochene synthase, a terpene cyclase with sesquiterpene synthase activity that also exhibits vetispiradiene synthase activity and carbon-oxygen lyase activity acting on phosphates. The gene is associated with sesquiterpene biosynthesis, farnesyl diphosphate breakdown, and terpenoid anabolism, as well as diterpenoid anabolism and isoprenoid anabolism. It is linked to defense response, response to fungi, response to jasmonic acid, cell death, 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 such as EC 4.2.3.227 and EC 4.2.3.226.