Encodes 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase, a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of abscisic acid. The expression of this gene increases during the first 6h of imbibition.
Computational Description
nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase 5 (NCED5); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Carotenoid oxygenase (InterPro:IPR004294); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase 2 (TAIR:AT4G18350.1); Has 2882 Blast hits to 2845 proteins in 494 species: Archae - 16; Bacteria - 802; Metazoa - 232; Fungi - 202; Plants - 893; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 737 (source: NCBI BLink).