Gene Details:

• Gene ID: AT5G17230
• Gene Symbol: PSY
• Gene Name: PHYTOENE SYNTHASE
• Description: PHYTOENE SYNTHASE;(source:Araport11)
• TAIR Accession: locus:2167225
• Genome: Araport11_genome_release
• Species: Arabidopsis thaliana

Transcripts:

• AT5G17230.1     AT5G17230.2     AT5G17230.3     AT5G17230.4

Plant Ontology Annotations:

• PO:0009005  — root — raíz (Spanish, exact), radices (exact, plural), radix (exact), 根 (Japanese, exact), aerial root (narrow), climbing root (narrow)
• PO:0000084  — plant sperm cell — célula espermática o esperma (Spanish, exact), male gamete (exact), microgamete (exact), 植物精子細胞 (Japanese, exact), sperm nucleus (related), sperm cell (broad)

Gene Ontology:

• GO:0016117  — involved in — carotenoid biosynthetic process
• GO:0016117  — acts upstream of or within — carotenoid biosynthetic process
• GO:0016767  — enables — geranylgeranyl-diphosphate geranylgeranyltransferase activity
• GO:0009507  — located in — chloroplast
• GO:0010287  — located in — plastoglobule
• GO:0046905  — enables — 15-cis-phytoene synthase activity
• GO:0005515  — enables — protein binding
• GO:0004311  — enables — farnesyltranstransferase activity

Function-related keywords:

• root ,  plant sperm cell

Literature:

• Light-dependent regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis occurs at the level of phytoene synthase expression and is mediated by phytochrome in Sinapis alba and Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings.   DOI:  10.1046/j.1365-313x.1997.00625.x ;  PMID:  9351247
• Transcription factor RAP2.2 and its interacting partner SINAT2: stable elements in the carotenogenesis of Arabidopsis leaves.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.107.104828 ;  PMID:  17873090
• 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
• Direct regulation of phytoene synthase gene expression and carotenoid biosynthesis by phytochrome-interacting factors.   DOI:  10.1073/pnas.0914428107 ;  PMID:  20534526
• Regulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis by Shade Relies on Specific Subsets of Antagonistic Transcription Factors and Cofactors.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.15.00552 ;  PMID:  26082398
• Tissue-Specific Apocarotenoid Glycosylation Contributes to Carotenoid Homeostasis in Arabidopsis Leaves.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.15.00243 ;  PMID:  26134165
• Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Affect Biomass Accumulation and Photosynthesis in Arabidopsis.   DOI:  10.3389/fpls.2015.01243 ;  PMID:  26793220
• Enzyme Fusion Removes Competition for Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate in Carotenogenesis.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.18.01026 ;  PMID:  30309967
• Nucleo-plastidic PAP8/pTAC6 couples chloroplast formation with photomorphogenesis.   DOI:  10.15252/embj.2020104941 ;  PMID:  33001465
• Impact of high irradiance and UV-B on the photosynthetic activity, pro-/antioxidant balance and expression of light-activated genes in Arabidopsis thaliana hy4 mutants grown under blue light.   DOI:  10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.07.030 ;  PMID:  34358729
• Chloroplast-localized PITP7 is essential for plant growth and photosynthetic function in Arabidopsis.   DOI:  10.1111/ppl.13760 ;  PMID:  36004734
• 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

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