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Epoxycarotenoid cleavage by NCED5 fine-tunes ABA accumulation and affects seed dormancy and drought tolerance with other NCED family members.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 May 2012
Frey Anne, Effroy Delphine, Lefebvre Valérie, Seo Mitsunori, Perreau François, Berger Adeline, Sechet Julien, To Alexandra, North Helen M, Marion-Poll Annie
Abstract excerpt
Carotenoid cleavage, catalyzed by the 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) constitutes a key step in the regulation of ABA biosynthesis. In Arabidopsis, this enzyme is encoded by five genes. NCED3 has been shown to play a major role in the regulation of ABA synthesis in response to water deficit, whereas NCED6 and NCED9 have been shown to be essential for the ABA production in the embryo and endosperm that...
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