CC-4346 cao::ARG7 arg7 mt+ [Tanaka CBS6]

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From Ayumi Tanaka, Hokkaido University, Japan, May 2010

This is an insertional mutation in the CAO gene encoding chlorophyll(ide) a oxygenase, obtained by transformation of CC-1931 arg7 with the ARG7 gene. This mutant is deficient in chlorophyll b, but grows well on TAP medium in bright light.


Tanaka A, Ito H, Tanaka R, Tanaka NK, Yoshida K, Okada K (1998) Chlorophyll a oxygenase (CAO) is involved in chlorophyll b formation from chlorophyll a. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95:12719-12723


  • Locus:
  • ARG7
  • Chromosome:
  • 1