Functional characterization of wheat ent-kaurene(-like) synthases indicates continuing evolution of labdane-related diterpenoid metabolism in the cereals

Phytochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-55

  Zhou, Ke ^a   Xu, Meimei ^a   Tiernan, Mollie ^a   Xie, Qian ^a   Toyomasu, Tomonobu ^b   Sugawara, Chizu ^b   Oku, Madoka ^b   Usui, Masami ^b   Mitsuhashi, Wataru ^b   Chono, Makiko ^c   Chandler, Peter M ^d   Peters, Reuben J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CROP SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allelochemicals; Arabidopsis thaliana; Barley, Hordeum vulgare; Cruciferae; ent Kaurene synthase; Graminae; Natural products biosynthesis; Phytoalexin; Phytoanticipin; Plant defense; Rice, Oryza sativa; Wheat, Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE; ENT KAURENE SYNTHETASE B; ENT-KAURENE SYNTHETASE B; LABDANE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WHEAT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; CEREALS; DITERPENES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRITICUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; ORYZA SATIVA; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84868122432     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.08.021     Document Type: Article

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