CAD — Oryza sativa Japonica

Summary

OsCAD (OS04G0612700) on rice chromosome 4 encodes a protein with CAD-like and ADH-related domains, and has aryl-alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+), 8-hydroxygeraniol dehydrogenase, mannitol dehydrogenase, coniferyl-alcohol dehydrogenase, cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase, zinc binding, and protein binding activities. The gene is associated with alcohol anabolism, cell wall cellulose biosynthesis, regulation of lignin anabolism, xylem development, cellulose anabolism, abscission, green leaf volatile biosynthetic process, chromatin modeling, detoxification, lignin anabolism, alkaloid metabolism, response to bacteria, leaf development, homeostasis, HR-PCD, secondary metabolism, and cell death. It is linked to traits including panicle weight, grain shattering, culm strength, root weight, panicle number, culm diameter and length, shoot dry weight, cellulose and lignin content, spikelet number, sugar content, tiller number, days to heading, photosynthetic rate, grain weight, plant height, grain yield, and root length. Localization evidence places the product in the apoplast, cytosol, plasmalemma, and cytoplasm.