Initiation of rubber biosynthesis: In vitro comparisons of benzophenone-modified diphosphate analogues in three rubber-producing species

Phytochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2539-2545

  Xie, Wenshuang ^a,b   McMahan, Colleen M ^b   DeGraw, Amanda J ^c   Distefano, Mark D ^c   Cornish, Katrina ^d   Whalen, Maureen C ^b   Shintani, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d Yulex Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Allylic pyrophosphate; Benzophenone; Cis prenyltransferase; Farnesyl pyrophosphate; Ficus elastica; Guayule; Hevea brasiliensis; Parthenium argentatum; Photoaffinity labeling; Rubber transferase

Indexed keywords

1,4 POLYISOPRENE; 1,4-POLYISOPRENE; 3,3 DIMETHYLALLYL PYROPHOSPHATE; 3,3-DIMETHYLALLYL PYROPHOSPHATE; BENZOPHENONE; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CIS PRENYL TRANSFERASE; CIS-PRENYL TRANSFERASE; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; HEMITERPENE; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; LATEX; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; RUBBER; SESQUITERPENE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FICUS; HEVEA; METABOLISM;

ASTERACEAE; BENZOPHENONES; FICUS; HEMITERPENES; HEVEA; LATEX; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; RUBBER; SESQUITERPENES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERASES;

FICUS ELASTICA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM;

EID: 56949099159     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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