A small, differentially regulated family of farnesyl diphosphate synthases in maize (Zea mays) provides farnesyl diphosphate for the biosynthesis of herbivore-induced sesquiterpenes

Planta

Volumn 241, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1351-1361

  Richter, Annett ^a   Seidl Adams, Irmgard ^b   Köllner, Tobias G ^c   Schaff, Claudia ^a   Tumlinson, James H ^b   Degenhardt, Jörg ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Farnesyl diphosphate; Plant defense; Sesquiterpenes; Terpene biosynthesis; Volatile terpenes

Indexed keywords

FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT PROTEIN; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; KINETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; HERBIVORY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SESQUITERPENES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84939993312     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-015-2254-z     Document Type: Article

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