TS1 — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LsTS1 (TS1) on chromosome 1 of garden lettuce (Lactuca sativa) encodes a terpene synthase with multiple annotated activities, including germacrene-A, alpha-copaene, (+)-delta-cadinene, alpha-humulene, and sesquiterpene synthase activities, as well as carbon-oxygen lyase activity acting on phosphates and redox activity. The protein contains terpene synthase and cyclase domains and binds magnesium. It is associated with terpenoid metabolism, specifically farnesyl diphosphate breakdown and metabolism, sesquiterpene biosynthesis, and diterpenoid anabolism, and localizes to the cytoplasm. Related genes in other species, such as GAS and TPS1, link the family to terpene synthase activity.