Functional characterization of a novel benzylisoquinoline O-methyltransferase suggests its involvement in papaverine biosynthesis in opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L)

Plant Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-67

  Pienkny, Silke ^a   Brandt, Wolfgang ^a   Schmidt, Jürgen ^a   Kramell, Robert ^a   Ziegler, Jörg ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids; O methyltransferase; Opium poppy; Papaver; Papaverine biosynthesis; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PAPAVERINE; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PAPAVER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAPAVER; PAPAVERINE; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PAPAVER; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM;

EID: 70349499351     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03937.x     Document Type: Article

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