Genomic clustering of cyanogenic glucoside biosynthetic genes aids their identification in Lotus japonicus and suggests the repeated evolution of this chemical defence pathway

Plant Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-286

  Takos, Adam M ^a   Knudsen, Camilla ^a   Lai, Daniela ^a   Kannangara, Rubini ^a   Mikkelsen, Lisbeth ^a   Motawia, Mohammed S ^a   Olsen, Carl E ^a   Sato, Shusei ^b   Tabata, Satoshi ^b   Jørgensen, Kirsten ^a   Møller, Birger L ^a   Rook, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyanogenic glucosides; cytochrome P450; gene clustering; Lotus japonicus; Manihot esculenta; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

CYANOGENIC GLUCOSIDES; CYTOCHROME P450; GENE CLUSTERING; LOTUS JAPONICUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CYANIDES; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYMES; TISSUE;

GENES;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P 450 736A2, LOTUS JAPONICUS; CYTOCHROME P 450 79D3, LOTUS JAPONICUS; CYTOCHROME P-450 736A2, LOTUS JAPONICUS; CYTOCHROME P-450 79D3, LOTUS JAPONICUS; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; NITRILE; PLANT RNA; RHODIOCYANOSIDE A; RHODIOCYANOSIDE D; UGT85K3 PROTEIN, LOTUS JAPONICUS; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LOTUS; MANIHOT; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LEAF; SORGHUM; TOBACCO;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GLUCOSIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSIDES; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; LOTUS; MANIHOT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NITRILES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SORGHUM; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80054059249     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04685.x     Document Type: Article

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