Dirigent-mediated podophyllotoxin biosynthesis in Linum flavum and Podophyllum peltatum

Phytochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 537-549

  Xia, Zhi Qiang ^a   Costa, Michael A ^a   Proctor, John ^a   Davin, Laurence B ^a   Lewis, Norman G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Methoxypodop hyllotoxin; 7' Hydroxymatairesinol; Berberidaceae; Dirigents; Linaceae; Linum flavum; Pinoresinol lariciresinol reductase; Podophyllotoxin; Podophyllum peltatum; Secoisolariciresinol dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

5 METHOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DIRIGENT; FURAN DERIVATIVE; LIGNAN; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; MATAIRESINOL; PLANT DNA; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PODOPHYLLUM; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLAX; LINSEED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; FLAX; FURANS; LIGNANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLANTS, TOXIC; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PODOPHYLLUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BERBERIDACEAE; LINACEAE; LINUM; LINUM FLAVUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PODOPHYLLUM; PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM;

EID: 0034736129     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00242-9     Document Type: Article

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