LIP1 — Pisum sativum

Summary

PSAT6G094680 (LIP1, LIP1P) in garden pea (Pisum sativum) on chromosome 6LG2 encodes a lipoic acid synthase (EC 2.8.1.8), a radical SAM enzyme with 4Fe-4S cluster binding and metal binding activities. The product belongs to the lipoyl synthase family and is localised to mitochondria. The gene is associated with lipoate anabolism and protein lipoylation, as well as strigolactone anabolism and response to strigolactone. It is linked to photomorphogenesis, skotomorphogenesis, dark adaptation, and signal transduction, along with responses to auxin, stress, and thirst. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to seed maturation and root morphology traits.