Evolution of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Phalaenopsis orchids and other monocotyledons: Identification of deoxyhypusine synthase, homospermidine synthase and related pseudogenes

Phytochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 508-516

  Nurhayati, Niknik ^a   Gondé, Daniela ^b   Ober, Dietrich ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deoxyhypusine synthase; Homospermidine synthase; Maize; Pathway evolution; Phalaenopsine; Plant secondary metabolism; Processed pseudogene; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Transcriptionally active pseudogene; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYHYPUSINE SYNTHASE; HOMOSPERMIDINE SYNTHETASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORCHIDACEAE; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZEA MAYS;

EUKARYOTA; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHALAENOPSIS; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 62549155756     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

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