title: Mutations in the CCD4 carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase gene of yellow-flesh peaches.
abstract: Peach trees bear either white- or yellow-flesh fruit. We found that Japanese peach cultivars have two types of mutation in a carotenoid catabolic gene, CCD4: the insertion of a retrotransposon, and a frame shift in the microsatellite sequences of the first exon. CCD4 in yellow-flesh peaches was disrupted by these mutations.
authors: Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.
authors: Yosuke
authors: Y
authors: Fukamatsu
authors: Takayuki
authors: T
authors: Tamura
authors: Seisuke
authors: S
authors: Hihara
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Oda
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D049308:Dioxygenases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D009154:Mutation; D027861:Prunus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D018626:Retroelements / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018626:Retroelements; D002338:Carotenoids; D049308:Dioxygenases