Os07g0204900

The rice gene Os07g0204900 was reported as OsZDS in 2008 by researchers from China.

Annotated Information

Gene Symbol

• Os07g0204900 <=> OsZDS,ZDS

Function

• OsZDS encodes ζ-carotene desaturase which is a major enzymes of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway.

Mutation

• Carotenoids were almost undetectable in phs2-1 or phs2-2 (Oszds mutants) seedlings at 460 nm. In phs2 seedlings only small peaks of n-carotene and its isomers were detected at 430 nm, which were absent in the wild type.
• In wild types, chloroplasts were well-developed and organized in the mesophyll cells, in contrast, no plastid- or chloroplast-like structures were found in the mesophyll cells of albino mutants (phs2).

Evolution

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Labs working on this gene

• State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Centre for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100101, China,
• Graduate University of the CAS, Beijing 100039, China,
• State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310006, China,
• Centre for Biological Electron Microscopy, Institute of Biophysics, CAS, Beijing 100101, China,
• State Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and EnvironmentalMolecular Physiology, Institute ofBotany,CAS,Beijing 100093,China,
• National Centre for Gene Research, CAS, Shanghai 200233, China, and
• Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, Beijing 100101, China