Identification, functional characterization, and regulation of the enzyme responsible for floral (E)-nerolidol biosynthesis in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis)

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1951-1967

  Green, Sol A ^a   Chen, Xiuyin ^a   Nieuwenhuizen, Niels J ^a   Matich, Adam J ^a   Wang, Mindy Y ^a   Bunn, Barry J ^a   Yauk, Yar Khing ^a   Atkinson, Ross G ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actinidia; farnesol; floral volatiles; kiwifruit; nerolidol; terpene; terpene synthase

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FARNESOL; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; LINALOOL; NEROLIDOL; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACTINIDIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO;

ACTINIDIA; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIPHOSPHATES; DITERPENES; FARNESOL; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SESQUITERPENES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 84863244704     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err393     Document Type: Article

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