LOX — Solanum tuberosum

Summary

PGSC0003DMG400022894, symbol LOX and also known as Lox3, encodes a lipoxygenase enzyme with linoleate 9S- and 13S-lipoxygenase activity, iron binding, and additional annotated functions including phytoene dehydrogenase, peroxidase, and RNA cap binding activities. This potato gene on chromosome 3 is associated with the lipoxygenase pathway, oxylipin and jasmonic acid biosynthesis, wound healing, herbivore and chewing responses, and regulation of secondary metabolism. It localises to chloroplast thylakoids, stromules, stress granules, and the apoplast. The gene has been linked to traits including photoperiod-sensitive flowering time, seed yield, salt and low-temperature stress responses, photosynthetic rate, root thickness, and jasmonic acid content. Related genes in other species connect the family to jasmonate biosynthesis, resistance to herbivory and fungal pathogens, leaf senescence, and green leaf volatile production.