Characterization of NtCCD8 genes in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). (A) Putative exon/intron structure of the NtCCD8A and NtCCD8B genes. (B) Alignment of the putative NtCCD8A and NtCCD8B amino acid sequences with known CCD8 proteins from other plant species. Nt, Nicotiana tabacum; At, Arabidopsis thaliana. Ph, Petunia hybrida; Sl, Solanum lycopersicum. (C) Phylogenetic tree obtained for known CCD1, CCD4, CCD7 and CCD8 amino acid sequences; Nt, Nicotiana tabacum; At, Arabidopsis thaliana; Ph, Petunia hybrida; Sl, Solanum lycopersicum. Os, Oryza sativa; Ps, Pisum sativum; Zm, Zea mays; Cs, Crocus sativus; Rd, Rosa damascena. Accession numbers for the sequences used are as follows: AtCCD1 (At3g63520), SlCCD1a (AAT68187), SlCCD1b (AAT68188), NtCCD1a (AIL30506), NtCCD1b (AKO22630), CsCCD4a (ACD62476), CsCCD4b (ACD62477), RdCCD4 (ABY60886), NtCCD4 (AEI61930), OsCCD7 (Q7XU29), ZmCCD7 (NP_001183928), AtCCD7 (AEC10494), PsCCD7 (ABD67496), PhCCD7 (FJ790878), SlCCD7 (ACY39883), OsCCD8a (AP003296), OsCCD8b (AP003376), AtCCD8 (AEE86121), PsCCD8 (AY557341), SlCCD8 (AEH96363), and PhCCD8 (AY743219).