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 9 (NCED9); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Carotenoid oxygenase (InterPro:IPR004294); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase 3 (TAIR:AT3G14440.1); Has 2892 Blast hits to 2853 proteins in 497 species: Archae - 16; Bacteria - 810; Metazoa - 240; Fungi - 201; Plants - 889; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 736 (source: NCBI BLink).