CAD — Nicotiana attenuata

Summary

A4A49_08762 (CAD) on coyote tobacco chromosome 2 encodes a cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase-like protein with geraniol dehydrogenase, vomilenine reductase, aryl-alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+), mannitol dehydrogenase, enone reductase, 8-hydroxygeraniol dehydrogenase, 2-alkenal reductase (NADPH), cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase, and aldo-keto reductase (NAD) activities, along with zinc binding and protein homodimerization activity. The gene is associated with lignin anabolism, flavonoid anabolism, phenylpropanoid metabolism, green leaf volatile biosynthetic process, pigmentation, photorespiration, detoxification, cellular respiration, and responses to hypoxia, flooding, estradiol, caffeine, sucrose, and hydrogen peroxide. It is linked to submergence tolerance, drought tolerance, salt tolerance, cold stress response, disease tolerance, herbicide sensitivity, photosynthetic rate, respiration rate, lignin content, starch mobilization, and traits including plant defense, waterlogging tolerance, hypoxia resistance, fermentation, aldehyde detoxification, and herbivore predator attraction. The protein localizes to chloroplasts, thylakoids, stromules, apoplast, cytosol, plasma membrane, and nucleus.