Genetic and biochemical basis for alternative routes of tocotrienol biosynthesis for enhanced vitamin e antioxidant production

Plant Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 628-639

  Zhang, Chunyu ^a,b   Cahoon, Rebecca E ^b   Hunter, Sarah C ^c   Chen, Ming ^b   Han, Jixiang ^c   Cahoon, Edgar B ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

homogentisate; homogentisate geranylgeranyl transferase; homogentisate phytyltransferase; tocopherol; tocotrienol; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS LEAVES; ARABIDOPSIS LINES; BI-FUNCTIONAL; CHORISMATE MUTASE; CO-EXPRESSION; DIOXYGENASES; DIPHOSPHATES; EARLY GROWTH; GERANYLGERANYL DIPHOSPHATE; GROWTH STAGES; HOMOGENTISATE; IN-VITRO; ISOPRENOIDS; MOLAR RATIO; MONOCOTS; NULL MUTANT; PRENYL DIPHOSPHATE; TOCOPHEROL; TOCOTRIENOLS; VITAMIN-E;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPIDS; SUBSTRATES;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; ANTIOXIDANT; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIOXYGENASE; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; HOMOGENTISATE GERANYLGERANYL TRANSFERASE, HORDEUM VULGARE; HPT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; TRANSFERASE; TYRA PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SF9 CELL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIOXYGENASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; SEEDS; SF9 CELLS; TOCOTRIENOLS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; VITAMIN E;

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 84874238976     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12067     Document Type: Article

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