1.13.11.68 evolution occurrence of duplication in CCD4 genes that evolved into two new genes CCD7 and CCD8, EC 1.13.11.70. The site-specific profile and coefficient of type-I functional divergences reveals critical amino acid residues, leading to subgroup-specific functional evolution after their phylogenetic diversification 745435 1.13.11.68 evolution Zea mays ZmCCD7 and Zea mays subsp. parviglumis ZpCCD7 have the same coding sequence, indicating negative selection of the CCD7 gene over domestication from Zea mays subsp. parviglumis to Zea mays. ZmCCD7/ZpCCD7 encodes a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase mediating strigolactone biosynthesis in maize and its ancestor -, 746156 1.13.11.68 malfunction gene silencing of CCD7 in Phelipanche aegyptiaca by tobacco rattle virus system retards the parasite development on the host. Transient knockdown of PaCCD7 inhibits tubercle development and the infestation process in host plants. The number of parasite tubercles attached to the roots of host plants treated with TRV:PaCCD7, TRV:PaCCD8, or a mixture of TRV:PaCCD7 and TRV:PaCCD8 is significantly reduced by 95% as compared to control plants 746148 1.13.11.68 malfunction suppression of shoot branching in the Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 ccd7 max3 mutant by transformation of ZmCCD7/ZpCCD7. Knockout or knockdown of these CCD7 results in numerous shoot branches by blocking or reducing strigolactone production -, 746156 1.13.11.68 malfunction tomato plants expressing a SlCCD7 antisense construct display greatly increased branching. A metabolomic screen is conducted. With the exception of a reduction of stem amino acid content in the transgenic lines, no major changes are observed. Targeted analysis of the same plants reveal significantly decreased levels of strigolactone. There are no significant changes in root carotenoids, indicating that relatively little substrate is required to produce the bioactive strigolactones. The germination rate of Orobanche ramosa seeds is reduced by up to 90% on application of extract from the SlCCD7 antisense lines, compared with the wild type. Upon mycorrhizal colonization, C13 cyclohexenone and C14 mycorradicin apocarotenoid levels are greatly reduced in the roots of the antisense lines, implicating SlCCD7 in their biosynthesis 728478 1.13.11.68 metabolism biosynthesis of strigolactones requires the action of two CCD enzymes, CCD7 and CCD8 (EC 1.13.11.70), which act sequentially on 9-cis-beta-carotene, strigolactone biosynthesis pathway from all-trans-beta-carotene to ent-2'-epi-5-deoxystrigol 744876 1.13.11.68 additional information in silico analysis, structure homology modeling, molecular modeling, dynamic simulation and structure comparisons of Arabidopsis thaliana carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases, overview 745435 1.13.11.68 additional information the biochemical basis of the shoot branching phenotype is not due to inhibition of enzyme CCD7, but of enzyme CCD8, EC 1.13.11.70 744876 1.13.11.68 physiological function biosynthesis of strigolactones requires the action of two CCD enzymes, CCD7 and CCD8 (EC 1.13.11.70), which act sequentially on 9-cis-beta-carotene 744876 1.13.11.68 physiological function CCD7 enzymes are highly stereospecific, cleaving only 9-cis-configured substrates, such as 9-cis-beta-carotene. The strigolactone biosynthetic enzyme AtCCD7 converts 9-cis-configured acyclic carotenes, such as 9-cis-zeta-carotene, 9'-cis-neurosporene, and 9-cis-lycopene, yielding 9-cis-configured products and indicating that AtCCD7, rather than AtCCD4, is the candidate for forming acyclic retrograde signals that are thought to derive from the cleavage of poly-cis-configured carotene desaturation intermediates 745469 1.13.11.68 physiological function coexpression of the enzyme, CCD7, and all-trans-10'-apo-beta-carotenal 13,14-cleaving dioxygenase CCD8, EC 1.13.11.70, in Escherichia coli results in production of 13-apo-beta-carotenone. The sequential cleavages of beta-carotene by CCD7 and CCD8 are likely the initial steps in the synthesis of a carotenoid-derived signaling molecule that is necessary for the regulation lateral branching 719823 1.13.11.68 physiological function important role of the strigolactone associated gene PaCCD7 in the parasite life cycle, and roles of CCD7 and CCD8 enzymes in the biosynthesis of strigolactones 746148 1.13.11.68 physiological function loss-of-function mutants exhibit a significant decrease in petiole length and are highly branched. The axillary buds, which are typically delayed in growth in wild-type plants, grow out to produce leaves and inflorescences. The mutant plant have smaller rosette diameters due to a decrease in the lengths of petioles and leaf blades compared with wild-type plants. The phenotypes contribute to the bushy appearance of the mutants. The double mutant, additionally lacking 10'-apo-beta-carotenal 13,14-cleaving dioxygenase activity, EC 1.13.11.70, is phenotypically indistinguishable from either single mutant, indicating an interaction consistent with both genes functioning in the same pathway. Both classes of plants show a slight increase in inflorescence number compared with wild type 720702 1.13.11.68 physiological function strigolactones are apocarotenoids generated via all-trans-beta-carotene isomerization, sequential oxidative cleavage of 9-cis-beta-carotene by two carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCD7 and CCD8) -, 746156 1.13.11.68 physiological function strigolactones are phytohormones synthesized from carotenoids via a stereospecific pathway involving the carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases 7 (CCD7) and 8. CCD7 cleaves 9-cis-beta-carotene to form a supposedly 9-cis-configured beta-apo-10'-carotenal 744898 1.13.11.68 physiological function the enzyme plays an important role in the development of branches and inhibits the growth of axillary buds by up-regulating its downstream gene, BRC1 764926 1.13.11.68 physiological function two carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases, CCD7 and CCD8, are involved in strigolactones biosynthesis. Involvement of the branching enzymes CCD7 and CCD8 in the control of bud sprouting and apical dominance. CsCCD7 and CsCCD8 expression show some overlapping, although they are not identical 744603