ACHE — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LSAT_V11C800450090, the ACHE gene on lettuce chromosome 8, 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, isoprenoid anabolism, alkaloid metabolism, detoxification, and lipid metabolism. It is also linked to defense response, response to wounding, seed germination, nodulation, and ER organisation. The encoded protein localises to the plant-type cell wall, plasmodesmata, and symbiosome. ACHE is associated with flavonoid content. Related genes in other species connect the family to pungency, carotenoid content, and germination rate.