Heteromeric and homomeric geranyl diphosphate synthases from catharanthus roseus and their role in monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1531-1549

  Rai, Avanish ^a   Smita, Shachi S ^a   Singh, Anup Kumar ^a   Shanker, Karuna ^a   Nagegowda, Dinesh A ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

C. roseus; geranyl diphosphate synthase; heteromer; homomer; large subunit; monoterpene indole alkaloids; small subunit; vindoline

Indexed keywords

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; DITERPENE; GERANYL DIPHOSPHATE; INDOLE ALKALOID; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TERPENE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C. ROSEUS; CATHARANTHUS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROMER; HOMOMER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARGE SUBUNIT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOTERPENE INDOLE ALKALOIDS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SMALL SUBUNIT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VINDOLINE.;

C. ROSEUS; GERANYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; HETEROMER; HOMOMER; LARGE SUBUNIT; MONOTERPENE INDOLE ALKALOIDS; SMALL SUBUNIT; VINDOLINE.;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CATHARANTHUS; DIPHOSPHATES; DITERPENES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME ASSAYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOTERPENES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 84885065762     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst058     Document Type: Article

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