Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb081470
• Gene Symbol: ZEP1
• Gene Name: zeaxanthin epoxidase1
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• ZEP1 (QTL 7) primarily had a large effect on its substrate, zeaxanthin, with PVE of 17.9%.
• ZEP1 encodes zeaxanthin epoxidase, which converts zeaxanthin to violaxanthin via antheraxanthin and was associated with zeaxanthin and total β-xanthophyll levels, with large explanation of phenotypic variance for these traits.
• ZEP1 and wc1 (encoding CCD1) had analogous impacts on natural variation in zeaxanthin, lutein, and total carotenoids.
• The gene encoding the subsequent β-branch enzyme, ZEP1, had positive pleiotropic effects between β-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, and total carotenoids.

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Literature:

• Eleven biosynthetic genes explain the majority of natural variation in carotenoid levels in maize grain.   DOI:  10.1093/plcell/koab032 ;  PMID:  33681994

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: 100285076
• UniProt accessions: A0A804MFG5

Sequences:

Source: Genetic information comes from the article