ASD — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C023622.2, also known as CmASD, encodes a member of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family with an NAD(P)-binding domain. The enzyme exhibits carveol dehydrogenase, isopiperitenol dehydrogenase, momilactone-A synthase, secoisolariciresinol dehydrogenase, and aldo-keto reductase activities, and is annotated as an oxidoreductase acting on CH-OH groups with NAD or NADP as acceptor. In melon, this gene is associated with menthol anabolism, monoterpenoid anabolism, terpenoid anabolism, lignan anabolism, phenylpropanoid anabolism, and amino acid anabolism, as well as the shikimate pathway. It is linked to response to UV, response to jasmonic acid, and response to wounding, and to protein homotetramerization. The product localizes to mitochondria. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to additional oxidoreductase activities.