LUT2 Lycopene beta/epsilon cyclase protein [Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: LUT2
Official Full Name: Lycopene beta/epsilon cyclase protein
Primary source: TAIR:AT5G57030
Locus tag: AT5G57030
See related: Araport:AT5G57030
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype: Columbia)
Lineage: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis
Also known as: LUTEIN DEFICIENT 2; LYCOPENE EPSILON-CYCLASE
Summary: Lutein-deficient 2 (LUT2) required for lutein biosynthesis, member of the xanthophyll class of carotenoids. Encodes lycopene epsilon cyclase
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NM_125085.5

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables lycopene epsilon cyclase activity	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
enables lycopene epsilon cyclase activity	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed
enables oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within carotene biosynthetic process	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within carotenoid biosynthetic process	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within photosynthesis, light harvesting	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within xanthophyll biosynthetic process	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in chloroplast	ISM Inferred from Sequence Model more info
located_in chloroplast	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed

NP_200513.1

LUTEIN DEFICIENT 2 (LUT2); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Lycopene beta/epsilon cyclase (InterPro:IPR008671), Lycopene cyclase, beta/epsilon (InterPro:IPR010108); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: lycopene cyclase (TAIR:AT3G10230.1); Has 1086 Blast hits to 1081 proteins in 157 species: Archae - 2; Bacteria - 176; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 0; Plants - 363; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 545 (source: NCBI BLink).

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