ACO1 — Solanum lycopersicum

Summary

SlACO1 (Solyc03g005730) encodes a protein with aconitase and 3-isopropylmalate dehydratase activities, and binds 4Fe-4S clusters, copper, ATP and mRNA 5′-UTRs. In tomato, SlACO1 is associated with lycopene and carotenoid anabolism, the MEP pathway, citrate and isocitrate metabolism, the glyoxylate cycle, methionine metabolism and the SAM cycle, as well as leaf abscission, sporulation, response to ether and iron starvation, and RNA methylation. It localises to mitochondria, plastids, chloroplast stroma, the cytosol, plasmalemma, apoplast, cell wall, vacuole and plasmodesmata. SlACO1 is linked to fruit firmness, colour and shape, lycopene, carotenoid, starch and chlorophyll content, water use efficiency, stomatal resistance, germination rate, root number and hair length, lateral root development, gravitropic response, salt tolerance, waterlogging stress tolerance and ethylene production.