Gene Details:

• Gene ID: AT3G04870
• Gene Symbol: PDE181, SPC1, ZDS
• Gene Name: PIGMENT DEFECTIVE EMBRYO 181, SPONTANEOUS CELL DEATH 1, zeta-carotene desaturase
• Description: zeta-carotene desaturase;(source:Araport11)
• TAIR Accession: locus:2114789
• Genome: Araport11_genome_release
• Species: Arabidopsis thaliana

Transcripts:

• AT3G04870.1     AT3G04870.2     AT3G04870.3     AT3G04870.4

Gene Ontology:

• GO:0009507  — located in — chloroplast
• GO:0009941  — located in — chloroplast envelope
• GO:0016117  — involved in — carotenoid biosynthetic process
• GO:1901177  — involved in — lycopene biosynthetic process
• GO:0052886  — involved in — 9,9-di-cis-zeta-carotene desaturation to 7,9,7,9-tetra-cis-lycopene
• GO:0052889  — enables — 7,9,9-tricis-neurosporene:quinone oxidoreductase activity
• GO:0016719  — enables — carotene 7,8-desaturase activity

Germplasm Phenotype:

• CS16062  — pigment defective embryo

Literature:

• Genome organization in Arabidopsis thaliana: a survey for genes involved in isoprenoid and chlorophyll metabolism.   DOI:  10.1023/a:1023005504702 ;  PMID:  12777052
• Inactivation of the chloroplast ATP synthase gamma subunit results in high non-photochemical fluorescence quenching and altered nuclear gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.M308435200 ;  PMID:  14576160
• Protein profiling of plastoglobules in chloroplasts and chromoplasts. A surprising site for differential accumulation of metabolic enzymes.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.105.076083 ;  PMID:  16461379
• Global analysis of Arabidopsis gene expression uncovers a complex array of changes impacting pathogen response and cell cycle during geminivirus infection.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.108.121038 ;  PMID:  18650403
• The Arabidopsis Spontaneous Cell Death1 gene, encoding a zeta-carotene desaturase essential for carotenoid biosynthesis, is involved in chloroplast development, photoprotection and retrograde signalling.   DOI:  10.1038/cr.2007.37 ;  PMID:  17468780
• Identification of nuclear genes encoding chloroplast-localized proteins required for embryo development in Arabidopsis.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.110.168120 ;  PMID:  21139083
• Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Affect Biomass Accumulation and Photosynthesis in Arabidopsis.   DOI:  10.3389/fpls.2015.01243 ;  PMID:  26793220
• Deconvoluting apocarotenoid-mediated retrograde signaling networks regulating plastid translation and leaf development.   DOI:  10.1111/tpj.15134 ;  PMID:  33340183
• Chloroplast-localized PITP7 is essential for plant growth and photosynthetic function in Arabidopsis.   DOI:  10.1111/ppl.13760 ;  PMID:  36004734
• Proteomic study of the Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplastic envelope membrane utilizing alternatives to traditional two-dimensional electrophoresis.   DOI:  10.1021/pr034025j ;  PMID:  12938931
• Sorting signals, N-terminal modifications and abundance of the chloroplast proteome.   DOI:  10.1371/journal.pone.0001994 ;  PMID:  18431481
• Sorting signals, N-terminal modifications and abundance of the chloroplast proteome.   DOI:  10.1371/journal.pone.0001994 ;  PMID:  18431481

Sequences: