LSU — Nicotiana attenuata

Summary

A4A49_34491 (NaLSU) in coyote tobacco encodes a prenyl diphosphate synthase with geranyltranstransferase, dimethylallyltransferase, farnesyltranstransferase, and all-trans-nonaprenyl-diphosphate synthase (geranyl-diphosphate specific) activities. The gene is associated with geranylgeranyl diphosphate, geranyl diphosphate, farnesyl diphosphate, carotenoid, terpenoid, plastoquinone, ubiquinone, and isoprenoid anabolism, as well as the MEP pathway, protein synthesis, pigmentation, and responses to herbivores, insects, jasmonic acid, salicylate, and blue light. It has been linked to low light tolerance, photosynthetic rate, drought tolerance, and protein content. The product localizes to plastids, chloroplast thylakoid membrane, stroma, etioplasts, endoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondria. Related genes in other species are linked to geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate biosynthesis and carotenoid synthesis.