Gene Details:

• Gene ID:
• Gene Symbol: SlCCD8
• Gene Name: CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE8
• Genome: Tomato Genome version SL4.0
• Species: Solanum lycopersicum

Functional Descriptions:

• The tomato CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE8 (SlCCD8) regulates rhizosphere signaling, plant architecture and affects reproductive development through strigolactone biosynthesis.
• The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE 8 (SlCCD8) was cloned and its role in rhizosphere signaling and plant physiology assessed by generating knock-down lines.
• Lines exhibiting reduced SlCCD8 levels displayed increased shoot branching, reduced plant height, increased number of nodes and excessive adventitious root development.
• Transgenic SlCCD8 plants were generated by RNAi-mediated silencing. Lines with different levels of strigolactone reduction – confirmed by UPLC-MS/MS – were selected and their phenotypes investigated.

Function-related keywords:

• root ,  development ,  shoot ,  plant-development ,  root-development ,  reproductive ,  architecture ,  branching ,  height ,  plant-height ,  reproductive-development ,  adventitious-root ,  plant-architecture ,  strigolactone ,  root-architecture ,  shoot-architecture ,  root-number ,  strigolactone-biosynthesis ,  carotenoid ,  carotenoid-biosynthesis

Literature:

• The tomato CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE8 (SlCCD8) regulates rhizosphere signaling, plant architecture and affects reproductive development through strigolactone biosynthesis.   DOI:  10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04265.x ;  PMID:  22924438

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: 101254620
• UniProt accessions: J7EN99

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