Domain loss has independently occurred multiple times in plant terpene synthase evolution

Plant Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1051-1060

  Hillwig, Matthew L ^a   Xu, Meimei ^a   Toyomasu, Tomonobu ^b   Tiernan, Mollie S ^a   Wei, Gao ^c   Cui, Guanghong ^c   Huang, Luqi ^c   Peters, Reuben J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

domain loss; evolution; metabolism; natural products; terpene synthases

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE SYNTHASES; DITERPENES; ENT-KAURENE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY EVENTS; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; GENE FAMILIES; HIGHER PLANTS; METABOLIC FUNCTION; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SESQUITERPENES; SYNTHASE GENE; SYNTHASES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALS; GENES; LIGHT WEIGHT ROLLING STOCK; METABOLISM;

OLEFINS;

DITERPENE; GIBBERELLIN; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WHEAT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DITERPENES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRITICUM;

EMBRYOPHYTA; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 83555163776     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04756.x     Document Type: Article

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