Isolation, cloning and expression of a multifunctional O-methyltransferase capable of forming 2,5-dimethyl-4-methoxy-3(2H)-furanone, one of the key aroma compounds in strawberry fruits

Plant Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 755-765

  Wein, Martina ^a   Lavid, Noa ^b   Lunkenbein, Stefan ^a   Lewinsohn, Efraim ^b   Schwab, Wilfried ^a   Kaldenhoff, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

2,5 dimethyl 4 methoxy 3(2H) furanone; Fragaria; Fruit; O methyltransferase; Ripening; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KETONES; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTRATES;

ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; ISOLATION; LIGNIFICATION;

FRUITS;

ADENOSINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ETHIONINE; FRUIT; FURANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ODORS; PROTEIN O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ROSACEAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VOLATILIZATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS;

EID: 0036742004     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01396.x     Document Type: Article

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