Functional characterization of cucurbitadienol synthase and triterpene glycosyltransferase involved in biosynthesis of mogrosides from siraitia grosvenorii

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1172-1182

  Dai, Longhai ^a   Liu, Can ^a   Zhu, Yueming ^a   Zhang, Jiangsheng ^a   Men, Yan ^a   Zeng, Yan ^a   Sun, Yuanxia ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Cucurbitadienol; Cucurbitadienol synthase; Glycosyltransferase; Mogrosides; Siraitia grosvenorii

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SIRAITIA GROSVENORII;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LANOSTEROL SYNTHASE; MUTASE; NARINGENIN; QUERCETIN; TRITERPENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CUCURBITACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CUCURBITACEAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLAVANONES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; QUERCETIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84930742604     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv043     Document Type: Article

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