LOX — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LsLOX (LSAT_V11C100026700) on lettuce chromosome 1 encodes a protein with lipoxygenase domains (LipOase_Fe_BS, PLAT/LH2_dom) and is annotated with linoleate 13S-lipoxygenase and phytoene dehydrogenase activities. The gene is associated with green leaf volatile biosynthesis, oxylipin anabolism, isoprenoid anabolism, fatty acid anabolism, lipid oxidation, triglyceride metabolism, translation elongation, and responses to jasmonic acid, salicylate, wounding, and other organisms. The product localises to the chloroplast thylakoid and stroma. LsLOX is also linked to nitrate content and nitrate transport. Related genes in other species connect the family to linoleate 13S-lipoxygenase activity (EC 1.13.11.12).