ACHE — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LSAT_V11C300139860, designated ACHE, on garden lettuce (Lactuca sativa) chromosome 3, encodes a GDSL/SGNH plant lipase-like protein with esterase, lipase, acyltransferase and glycosidase activities, including sinapine esterase and acetylajmaline esterase activities. The gene is associated with acetylcholine breakdown, lipolysis, lipid and alkaloid metabolism, isoprenoid anabolism, detoxification, defense response, response to wounding, seed germination, nodulation, and ER organisation. Its product localises to the plant-type cell wall, plasmodesmata, and symbiosome. ACHE is linked to flavonoid content. Related genes in other species connect the family to pungency, carotenoid content, and germination rate.