Functional genomics uncovers three glucosyltransferases involved in the synthesis of the major sweet glucosides of Stevia rebaudiana

Plant Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-67

  Richman, Alex ^a   Swanson, Andrew ^a,b   Humphrey, Tania ^a   Chapman, Ralph ^a   McGarvey, Brian ^a   Pocs, Robert ^a   Brandle, Jim ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EST; Glucosyltransferase; Rebaudioside A; Stevioside; Terpenoid; UGT

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLATION; SWEET COMPOUNDS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEVIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GLUCOSIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEVIA;

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSIDES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

EID: 12744278046     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02275.x     Document Type: Article

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