Tryptophan decarboxylase plays an important role in ajmalicine biosynthesis in Rauvolfia verticillata

Planta

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 239-250

  Liu, Wanhong ^a   Chen, Rong ^b   Chen, Min ^a   Zhang, Haoxing ^a   Peng, Meifang ^a   Yang, Chunxian ^a   Ming, Xingjia ^c   Lan, Xiaozhong ^d   Liao, Zhihua ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING ACADEMY OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^d Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College   (China)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic pathway of alkaloids; Elicitors; Rate limiting enzyme; Terpenoid indole alkaloid; Tryptophan decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

AJMALICINE; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSIDASE; RAUWOLFIA ALKALOID; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RAUWOLFIA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCOSIDASES; PLANT BARK; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RAUWOLFIA; SECOLOGANIN TRYPTAMINE ALKALOIDS; TRYPTOPHAN;

RAUVOLFIA; VERTICILLATA;

EID: 84862846649     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-012-1608-z     Document Type: Article

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