Evident and latent plasticity across the rice diterpene synthase family with potential implications for the evolution of diterpenoid metabolism in the cereals

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 435, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 589-595

  Morrone, Dana ^a   Hillwig, Matthew L ^a   Mead, Matthew E ^a   Lowry, Luke ^a   Fulton, D Bruce ^a   Peters, Reuben J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic evolution; Phytoalexin; Substrate specificity; Terpene synthase; Terpenoid natural product

Indexed keywords

COPALYL DIPHOSPHATE; DITERPENE; DITERPENE SYNTHASE; LABDA 8 (17) 14 TRIENE; PYROPHOSPHATE; SANDARACOPIMARADIENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CEREAL; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DITERPENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 79954546857     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20101429     Document Type: Article

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