CAD — Sorghum bicolor

Summary

SORBI_3006G211900 (SbCAD) encodes a probable cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase with cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase, coniferyl-alcohol dehydrogenase, aryl-alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+), mannitol dehydrogenase, 8-hydroxygeraniol dehydrogenase, and vomilenine reductase activities (EC 1.1.1.195). The gene is associated with C4 photosynthesis, phenylpropanoid metabolism, lignin anabolism, coumarin anabolism, alkaloid metabolism, green leaf volatile biosynthetic process, defense response, response to bacteria, HR-PCD, signal transduction, and response to water. It has been linked to lignin content, plant height, photosynthetic rate, reproductive period, IAA content, and traits including disease resistance, arsenic tolerance and translocation, bacterial resistance, salicylic acid accumulation, basal thermotolerance, C6-alcohol production, herbivore predator attraction, ethanol yield, and panicle, shoot, tiller, crown root, leaf area, and flowering date characteristics. The protein localizes to the apoplast, cytosol, cytoplasm, and plasma membrane.