LOX — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C024348.2, symbol LOX and also known as CmLOX, encodes a lipoxygenase enzyme with linoleate 9S-lipoxygenase and linoleate 13S-lipoxygenase activities, as well as phytoene dehydrogenase activity, and contains lipoxygenase and PLAT/LH2 domains. In melon, this gene is associated with the lipoxygenase pathway, oxylipin and jasmonic acid biosynthesis, green leaf volatile production, ethylene and fatty acid anabolism, and responses to wounding, jasmonic acid, salicylate, salt, and other organisms. It is linked to abscission, stomatal closure, sucrose metabolism, and isoprenoid anabolism, and localises to the chloroplast thylakoid, stroma, and cytoplasm. The gene has been connected to sugar content and drought tolerance. Related genes in other species link the family to linoleate 13S-lipoxygenase activity.