ADH — Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Summary

DCAR_020426 (DcADH, also known as 8HGO) on carrot chromosome 6 encodes an alcohol dehydrogenase with perillyl-alcohol dehydrogenase (NAD+), S-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione dehydrogenase (NAD(P)+), 8-hydroxygeraniol dehydrogenase and aldo-keto reductase (NAD) activities, and binds zinc. The gene is associated with methanal catabolism, the glyoxylate cycle, fermentation, homologous recombination, gluconeogenesis, indole alkaloid and alkaloid metabolism, isoprenoid and lignin anabolism, nitric oxide storage, cell growth, response to jasmonic acid, and seed germination. Its product localises to the cytosol and nucleus. DcADH is also linked to lignin content. Related genes in other species connect the family to perillyl-alcohol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.347), perillyl-aldehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.144), and alcohol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.1) activities, as well as to potassium concentration and fructose, glucose, starch and protein content.