Metabolic engineering of p-hydroxybenzylglucosinolate in Arabidopsis by expression of the cyanogenic CYP79A1 from Sorghum bicolor

Plant Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 663-671

  Bak, Søren ^a,b   Olsen, Carl Erik ^a   Petersen, Bent Larsen ^a   Møller, Birger Lindberg ^a   Halkier, Barbara Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZYLGLUCOSINOLATE; 4 HYDROXYPHENYLACETALDOXIME; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CATALYSIS; CYTOCHROME P450; DHURRIN; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME; ENZYMIC CONVERSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TYROSINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CEREALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSINOLATES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 0033367009     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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