LOX1 — Zea mays

Summary

ZM00001EB144960 (LOX1) on maize chromosome 3 encodes a lipoxygenase with linoleate 9S- and 13S-lipoxygenase activity, oxidoreductase function and metal binding. The gene is associated with the lipoxygenase pathway, lipid oxidation, membrane breakdown, superoxide release, carotenoid metabolism, pigment accumulation, and regulation of seedling development and signaling. It is linked to grain yield, grain weight, relative yield, anthesis time, plant height, leaf size and volume, rolled leaf, chlorophyll and carotenoid content, net photosynthetic rate, quantum yield, photochemical quenching, total soluble sugar and amino acid content, nitrogen content, cell membrane stability, and cold and salt tolerance. Associations also include pathogen resistance, insect herbivory resistance, aphid resistance, Fusarium head blight resistance, drought and heat tolerance, seed aging tolerance, germination, stomatal closure and immunity, and jasmonic acid-mediated defence. The protein localises to the plastid and cytoplasm.