Isolation and functional characterization of a β-eudesmol synthase, a new sesquiterpene synthase from Zingiber zerumbet Smith

FEBS Letters

Volumn 582, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 565-572

  Yu, Fengnian ^a   Harada, Hisashi ^b   Yamasaki, Kazuhisa ^a   Okamoto, Sho ^a   Hirase, Souta ^c   Tanaka, Yasuo ^c   Misawa, Norihiko ^b   Utsumi, Ryutaro ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Taiyo Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eudesmol; Metabolic engineering; Mevalonate pathway; Seasonal variation; Sesquiterpene synthase gene; Zingiber zerumbet Smith

Indexed keywords

BETA EUDESMOL; BETA EUDESMOL SYNTHASE; MEVALONIC ACID; SESQUITERPENE; SESQUITERPENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GINGER; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOME; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEVALONIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT OILS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOME; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SESQUITERPENES; SESQUITERPENES, EUDESMANE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET;

EID: 39749180988     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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