Molecular characterization of a novel quinolizidine alkaloid O-tigloyltransferase: cDNA cloning, catalytic activity of recombinant protein and expression analysis in Lupinus plants

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 233-244

  Okada, Taketo ^a   Hirai, Masami Yokota ^a,b   Suzuki, Hideyuki ^a,c   Yamazaki, Mami ^a   Saito, Kazuki ^a,b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; Alkaloid; HMT HLT; Lupinus albus; Tigloyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALKALOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TIGLOYL COA 13 HYDROXYMULTIFLORINE 13 HYDROXYUPANINE O TIGLOYLTRANSFERASE; TIGLOYL-COA-13-HYDROXYMULTIFLORINE-13-HYDROXYUPANINE O-TIGLOYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LUPIN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALKALOIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; LUPINUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LUPINUS; LUPINUS ALBUS;

EID: 14644391524     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci021     Document Type: Article

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