EG1 — Solanum lycopersicum

Summary

SOLYC01G067380.4, also known as EG1 or SlDAD1, encodes a protein with a fungal lipase-like domain and an alpha/beta hydrolase domain, and exhibits triacylglycerol (TAG) lipase activity, glycerophospholipid phospholipase A1 activity, and glycerophospholipase activity. This tomato gene on chromosome 1 is associated with lycopene breakdown, organelle disassembly, and floral organ formation, as well as sex determination. It has been linked to numerous agronomically relevant traits, including fruit weight and size, sugar content, plant height, stem diameter and elongation, leaf number, root weight and length, seedling vigor, chlorophyll content, stomatal resistance, proline content, drought tolerance, and oxidative stress response. The encoded protein is localized to the membrane, cytoplasm, mitochondria, and extracellular space.