TS1 — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LsTS1 (TS1), located on chromosome 1 of garden lettuce (Lactuca sativa), encodes a terpene synthase with amorpha-4,11-diene synthase, epicedrol synthase, germacrene-A synthase, (-)-E-beta-caryophyllene synthase, and germacrene-D synthase activities. The product contains terpene cyclase and synthase domains and binds magnesium. It is associated with sesquiterpene and diterpenoid biosynthesis, terpenoid metabolism, and responses to allene oxide synthase and gibberellin, and localizes to the cytoplasm. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to additional terpene synthase activities, including EC 4.2.3.24 and 4.2.3.136.