ACS — Solanum tuberosum

Summary

PGSC0003DMG400020231 (ACS, StACS) on potato chromosome 2 encodes an acetate-CoA ligase (EC 6.2.1.1) with AMP-binding, CoA-ligase, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase, and medium-chain fatty-acid-CoA ligase activities. The protein localises to the chloroplast stroma, plastid, membrane, and cytosol. This gene is associated with ethylene, hormone, fatty acid, phenylpropanoid, terpenoid, and cannabinoid anabolism, as well as propanoate and acetate metabolism, gluconeogenesis, fermentation, wound healing, induced systemic resistance, and the metabolic burst. It has been linked to drought tolerance and sensitivity, stomatal resistance, flower sex determination, stamen development, pollen tube attraction, biomass heterosis, plant growth, and flowering time. Studies of related genes in other species connect the ACS family to fruit ripening, shelf life, lycopene accumulation, aroma volatiles, salt tolerance, cold stress response, flower development, and sex expression.