Gene Review:
VTE1 - tocopherol cyclase
Arabidopsis thaliana
Synonyms:
ATSDX1, F4D11.30, F4D11_30, SUCROSE EXPORT DEFECTIVE 1, VITAMIN E DEFICIENT 1
- Isolation of an Arabidopsis mutant lacking vitamin E and identification of a cyclase essential for all tocopherol biosynthesis. Porfirova, S., Bergmuller, E., Tropf, S., Lemke, R., Dormann, P. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2002)
- Sucrose export defective1 encodes a novel protein implicated in chloroplast-to-nucleus signaling. Provencher, L.M., Miao, L., Sinha, N., Lucas, W.J. Plant Cell (2001)
- Characterization of tocopherol cyclases from higher plants and cyanobacteria. Evolutionary implications for tocopherol synthesis and function. Sattler, S.E., Cahoon, E.B., Coughlan, S.J., DellaPenna, D. Plant Physiol. (2003)
- Nonenzymatic lipid peroxidation reprograms gene expression and activates defense markers in Arabidopsis tocopherol-deficient mutants. Sattler, S.E., Mène-Saffrané, L., Farmer, E.E., Krischke, M., Mueller, M.J., Dellapenna, D. Plant Cell (2006)
- Tocopherols play a crucial role in low-temperature adaptation and Phloem loading in Arabidopsis. Maeda, H., Song, W., Sage, T.L., Dellapenna, D. Plant Cell (2006)
- Alterations in tocopherol cyclase activity in transgenic and mutant plants of Arabidopsis affect tocopherol content, tocopherol composition, and oxidative stress. Kanwischer, M., Porfirova, S., Bergmüller, E., Dörmann, P. Plant Physiol. (2005)
- alpha-Tocopherol may influence cellular signaling by modulating jasmonic acid levels in plants. Munné-Bosch, S., Weiler, E.W., Alegre, L., Müller, M., Düchting, P., Falk, J. Planta (2007)
- Tocopherol Cyclase (VTE1) Localization and Vitamin E Accumulation in Chloroplast Plastoglobule Lipoprotein Particles. Vidi, P.A., Kanwischer, M., Baginsky, S., Austin, J.R., Csucs, G., Dörmann, P., Kessler, F., Bréhélin, C. J. Biol. Chem. (2006)
- Vitamin E biosynthesis: biochemistry meets cell biology. Hofius, D., Sonnewald, U. Trends Plant Sci. (2003)