Molecular cloning of mevalonate pathway genes from Taraxacum brevicorniculatum and functional characterisation of the key enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4337-4339

  Van Deenen, Nicole ^a   Bachmann, Anne Lena ^a   Schmidt, Thomas ^a   Schaller, Hubert ^b   Sand, Jennifer ^a   Prü fer, Dirk ^c   Gronover, Christian Schulze ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR); Mevalonate (MVA) pathway; Natural rubber; Taraxacum brevicorniculatum

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARY COENZYME A REDUCTASE 1; 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARY COENZYME A REDUCTASE 2; 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARY COENZYME A REDUCTASE 3; 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARY COENZYME A SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MEVALONIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; MEVINOLIN; STEROL;

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARY COENZYME A REDUCTASE 1 GENE; 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARY COENZYME A REDUCTASE 2 GENE; 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARY COENZYME A REDUCTASE 3 GENE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDELION; GENE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TARAXACUM BREVICORNICULATUM; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN MOTIF; TOBACCO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; TARAXACUM;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; LOVASTATIN; MEVALONIC ACID; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEROLS; TARAXACUM; TOBACCO;

EID: 84862988135     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1221-4     Document Type: Article

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