Isolation of the cDNAs encoding (+)6a-hydroxymaackiain 3-O-methyltransferase, the terminal step for the synthesis of the phytoalexin pisatin in Pisum satvium

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 551-560

  Wu, Qindong ^a   Preisig, Carol L ^b   VanEtten, Hans D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MDS Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Isoflavonoid; O methyltransferase; Pisatin; Pisum sativum; Plant microbe interaction; Pterocarpan

Indexed keywords

(+)6A HYDROXYMAACKIAIN 3 O METHYLTRANSFERASE; (+)6A-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN 3-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER; CUPRIC CHLORIDE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHYTOALEXINS; PISATIN; PLANT DNA; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT RNA; PTEROCARPAN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZOPYRANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPPER; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEAS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PTEROCARPANS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TERPENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NECTRIA HAEMATOCOCCA; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031282612     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005836508844     Document Type: Article

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