Sequential glucosylation of a furofuran lignan, (+)-sesaminol, by Sesamum indicum UGT71A9 and UGT94D1 glucosyltransferases

Plant Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-427

  Noguchi, Akio ^a   Fukui, Yuko ^a   Iuchi Okada, Asako ^a   Kakutani, Saki ^a   Satake, Honoo ^b   Iwashita, Takashi ^b   Nakao, Masahiro ^a   Umezawa, Toshiaki ^c   Ono, Eiichiro ^a  

^a SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucosyltransferase; Lignan; Phenylpropanoid; Sesaminol; Sesamum

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIOXOLANE DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIGNAN; PLANT EXTRACT; SESAMINOL; SESAMINOL TRIGLUCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SESAME;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIOXOLES; FURANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIGNANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SESAMUM; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

SESAMUM; SESAMUM ALATUM; SESAMUM INDICUM; SESAMUM RADIATUM;

EID: 42549111546     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03428.x     Document Type: Article

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