The Pun1 gene for pungency in pepper encodes a putative acyltransferase

Plant Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 675-688

  Stewart Jr , Charles ^a   Kang, Byoung Cheorl ^a   Liu, Kede ^b   Mazourek, Michael ^a   Moore, Shanna L ^a   Eun, Young Yoo ^c   Kim, Byung Dong ^c   Paran, Ilan ^d   Jahn, Molly M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c School of Agricultural Biotechnology Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding Research   (South Korea)

^d VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; Capsaicin; Capsicum; Pun1; Pungency; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION; AMINES; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; FRUITS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

AROMATIC MOIETY; CAPSAICIN; PUNGENCY; VANILLYLAMINE;

GENES;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CAPSAICIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPPER; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACYLATION; AMINES; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; FRUITS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CAPSICUM;

EID: 20444450174     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02410.x     Document Type: Article

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