An unusual plant triterpene synthase with predominant α-amyrin- producing activity identified by characterizing oxidosqualene cyclases from Malus × domestica

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2485-2499

  Brendolise, Cyril ^a   Yauk, Yar Khing ^a   Eberhard, Ellen D ^a   Wang, Mindy ^a   Chagne, David ^a   Andre, Christelle ^a   Greenwood, David R ^a,b   Beuning, Lesley L ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

amyrin; amyrin; apple; triterpene synthase; ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYRIN; ALPHA AMYRIN SYNTHASE; BETA AMYRIN; BETA AMYRIN SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LANOSTEROL SYNTHASE; OLEANOLIC ACID; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APPLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE LOCATION; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; PICHIA METHANOLICA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; ISOENZYMES; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLEANOLIC ACID; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRITERPENES;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PICHIA METHANOLICA;

EID: 79959941055     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08175.x     Document Type: Article

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