Picking sides: Distinct roles for CYP76M6 and CYP76M8 in rice oryzalexin biosynthesis

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 454, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-216

  Wu, Yisheng ^a,b   Wang, Qiang ^a,c   Hillwig, Matthew L ^a,d   Peters, Reuben J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Conagen Inc ^*  (United States)

^c SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Diterpenoid; Enzyme specificity; Phytoalexin

Indexed keywords

CYP76M6; CYP76M8; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME P450; PHYTOALEXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROXYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DITERPENES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROXYLATION; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SESQUITERPENES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84881534519     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20130574     Document Type: Article

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