A lignan O-methyltransferase catalyzing the regioselective methylation of matairesinol in Carthamus tinctorius

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-109

  Umezawa, Toshiaki ^a,b   Ragamustari, Safendrri Komara ^a,b   Nakatsubo, Tomoyuki ^a   Wada, Shohei ^a   Li, Laigeng ^c,d   Yamamura, Masaomi ^a   Sakakibara, Norikazu ^a,e   Hattori, Takefumi ^a,f   Suzuki, Shiro ^a   Chiang, Vincent L ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^e TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carthamus tinctorius; Lignan; Matairesinol; O methyltransferase; Regioselective methylation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881033781     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.12.1230a     Document Type: Article

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