Diterpene resin acid biosynthesis in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda): Functional characterization of abietadiene/levopimaradiene synthase (PtTPS-LAS) cDNA and subcellular targeting of PtTPS-LAS and abietadienol/abietadienal oxidase (PtAO, CYP720B1)

Phytochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1572-1578

  Ro, Dae Kyun ^a   Bohlmann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abietic acid; Conifer defense; Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase; Oleoresin; Terpene synthase

Indexed keywords

ABIETADIENE CYCLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DITERPENE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOMERASE; LEVOPIMARADIENE SYNTHASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DITERPENES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ISOMERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PINUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; INSECTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PICEA ABIES; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33646686232     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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