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The Arabidopsis vitamin E pathway gene5-1 mutant reveals a critical role for phytol kinase in seed tocopherol biosynthesis.
The Plant cell - 1 Jan 2006
Valentin Henry E, Lincoln Kim, Moshiri Farhad, Jensen Pamela K, Qi Qungang, Venkatesh Tyamagondlu V, Karunanandaa Balasulojini, Baszis Susan R, Norris Susan R, Savidge Beth, Gruys Kenneth J, Last Robert L
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We report the identification and characterization of a low tocopherol Arabidopsis thaliana mutant, vitamin E pathway gene5-1 (vte5-1), with seed tocopherol levels reduced to 20% of the wild type. Map-based identification of the responsible mutation identified a G-->A transition, resulting in the introduction of a stop codon in At5g04490, a previously unannotated gene, which we named VTE5. Complementation of the...
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