Open AccessMaize Dek33 encodes a pyrimidine reductase in riboflavin biosynthesis that is essential for oil-body formation and ABA biosynthesis during seed development
Author(s) -
Dawei Dai,
Hongyang Tong,
Lijun Cheng,
Fei Peng,
Tingting Zhang,
Weiwei Qi,
Rentao Song
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of experimental botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.616
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1460-2431
pISSN - 0022-0957
DOI - 10.1093/jxb/erz268
Subject(s) - mutant , biosynthesis , biology , complementation , biochemistry , reductase , positional cloning , mutation , riboflavin , genetics , enzyme , gene
A premature stop codon in Dek33, which encodes a reductase in riboflavin biosynthesis, causes reduced riboflavin content in dek33 maize kernels, leading to abnormal seed development.