Dammarenediol-II synthase, the first dedicated enzyme for ginsenoside biosynthesis, in Panax ginseng

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5143-5149

  Tansakul, Pimpimon ^a   Shibuya, Masaaki ^a   Kushiro, Tetsuo ^a   Ebizuka, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

(20S) dammarenediol; cDNA cloning; Dammarenediol II; Ginsenoside; Oxidosqualene cyclase; Panax ginseng

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DAMMARENEDIOL II SYNTHASE; ENZYME; GINSENOSIDE; LANOSTEROL SYNTHASE; OXIDOSQUALENE CYCLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GINSENG; HAIRY ROOT CULTURE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GINSENOSIDES; LIGASES; OLEANOLIC ACID; PANAX; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRITERPENES;

PANAX GINSENG; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33748809553     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.044     Document Type: Article

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