LOX — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C014630.2 (CmLOX) on melon chromosome 6 encodes a lipoxygenase, a protein with lipoxygenase domains that exhibits linoleate 13S-lipoxygenase, peroxidase and phytoene dehydrogenase activities, and binds salicylic acid, RNA and metal ions. The gene is associated with the lipoxygenase pathway, oxylipin and jasmonic acid biosynthesis, green leaf volatile production, lipid oxidation, and responses to herbivores, insects, high light, ozone and wounding. It is linked to anther development and dehiscence, filament development, abscission, photoperiodic flowering, and cell redox homeostasis. Associations extend to seed yield, photosynthetic rate, root thickness, low temperature stress response, and traits such as drought resistance, cadmium and heat stress tolerance, herbivore resistance, nitrogen use efficiency, and virus resistance. The protein localises to chloroplast thylakoids, stromules, the apoplast, P bodies and stress granules.