Novel family of terpene synthases evolved from trans-isoprenyl diphosphate synthases in a flea beetle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2922-2927

  Beran, Franziska ^a   Rahfeld, Peter ^a,c   Luck, Katrin ^a   Nagel, Raimund ^a,d   Vogel, Heiko ^a   Wielsch, Natalie ^a   Irmisch, Sandra ^a,e   Ramasamy, Srinivasan ^b   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a   Heckel, David G ^a   Köllner, Tobias G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

(6R,7S) himachala 9,11 diene; Aggregation pheromone; Flea beetle; Isoprenyl diphosphate synthase; Sesquiterpene synthase

Indexed keywords

FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; PHEROMONE; PYROPHOSPHATE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETASE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTOME; (6R,7S)-HIMACHALA-9,11-DIENE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSICACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; FEMALE; INTRON; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLLOTRETA STRIOLATA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOISOMERISM; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE COMPONENTS; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC SPECIATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SESQUITERPENES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84961781990     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1523468113     Document Type: Article

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