Two novel pepper 13-lipoxygenase (LOX) genes were cloned and characterized.
Both 13-LOX genes were markedly up-regulated by tobamoviruses and defense hormones.
Activation of 13-LOXs is similar in ObPV- and in PMMoV-inoculated pepper leaves.
LOX promoters contain numerous disease- and hormone-responsive cis-acting elements.
Activation of 9-LOXs is more probably linked to resistance than that of 13-LOXs.