P450s and UGTs: Key Players in the Structural Diversity of Triterpenoid Saponins

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1463-1471

  Seki, Hikaru ^a   Tamura, Keita ^a   Muranaka, Toshiya ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase; Oxidosqualene cyclase; Plant specialized metabolites; Triterpenoid saponin; UDP dependent glycosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

2,3-OXIDOSQUALENE; CYTOCHROME P450; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SAPONIN; SQUALENE; TRITERPENE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SAPONINS; SQUALENE; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84939528950     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv062     Document Type: Article

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