Description : (at3g14440 : 567.0) Encodes 9-<i>cis</i>-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase, a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of abscisic acid. Regulated in response to drought and salinity. Expressed in roots, flowers and seeds. Localized to the chloroplast stroma and thylakoid membrane.; nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase 3 (NCED3); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Carotenoid oxygenase (InterPro:IPR004294); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase 9 (TAIR:AT1G78390.1); Has 2945 Blast hits to 2901 proteins in 493 species: Archae - 16; Bacteria - 796; Metazoa - 281; Fungi - 204; Plants - 893; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 755 (source: NCBI BLink). & (reliability: 1134.0) & (original description: no original description)
Condition specificity: 10 h after dark (SPM: 0.51, entropy: 1.46, tau: 0.26)