ts1 — Zea mays

Summary

ZM00001EB081610 (ts1, also known as LOX6) encodes a lipoxygenase enzyme with linoleate 9S- and 13S-lipoxygenase activity, phytoene dehydrogenase activity, and peroxidase activity, and is associated with the lipoxygenase pathway, oxylipin metabolism, and lipid oxidation. The gene is linked to sex determination, androecium and stigma development, ear development, and sporulation. It is associated with grain yield, grain number, ear diameter and length, seed size, plant height, leaf size, root length, anthesis time, heat and cold tolerance, drought resistance, salt tolerance, mycotoxin content, jasmonic acid content, and net photosynthetic rate. The protein localises to chloroplast thylakoids, stromules, the apoplast, and the plasmalemma. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to floret number, spikelet number, and pollen fertility.