TS1 — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LsTS1 (TS1), located on chromosome 5 of garden lettuce (Lactuca sativa), encodes a terpene synthase with multiple annotated activities including epicedrol synthase, germacrene-A synthase, beta-elemene synthase, (-)-E-beta-caryophyllene synthase, alpha-humulene synthase, germacrene-D synthase, sesquiterpene synthase, and terpene synthase activity, and requires magnesium binding. The gene is associated with terpenoid metabolism, diterpenoid anabolism, sesquiterpene biosynthetic processes, and terpene anabolism, and its product localizes to the cytoplasm. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to the production of diverse sesquiterpenes and diterpenes, though these specific associations have not been established in lettuce.