The Cyt P450 enzyme CYP716A47 catalyzes the formation of protopanaxadiol from dammarenediol-II during ginsenoside biosynthesis in Panax ginseng

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2062-2073

  Han, Jung Yeon ^a   Kim, Hyun Jung ^a   Kwon, Yong Soo ^a   Choi, Yong Eui ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CYP716A47; Cyt P450; Dammarenediol; Ginsenoside; Protopanaxadiol

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450; DAMMARENEDIOL; GINSENOSIDE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MESSENGER RNA; OXYLIPIN; PROTOPANAXADIOL; SAPOGENIN; SAPONIN; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PANAX; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACETIC ACIDS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYCLOPENTANES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; GINSENOSIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYLIPINS; PANAX; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAPOGENINS; SAPONINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRITERPENES;

EID: 83255165496     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr150     Document Type: Article

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