Past achievements, current status and future perspectives of studies on 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase (HMGS) in the mevalonate (MVA) pathway

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1005-1022

  Liao, Pan ^a   Wang, Hui ^a,b   Hemmerlin, Andréa ^c   Nagegowda, Dinesh A ^a,d   Bach, Thomas J ^c   Wang, Mingfu ^a   Chye, Mee Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CNRS   (France)

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

Author keywords

Acetoacetyl CoA; Acetyl CoA; Brassinosteroid; HMG CoA; HMGS; Sterol

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; AVES; BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RATTUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; MEVALONIC ACID; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEVEA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RAT; RESEARCH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRENDS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; CHINA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEVEA; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA SYNTHASE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MEVALONIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; RESEARCH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84902378477     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1592-9     Document Type: Review

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