Molecular evolution and functional characterization of a bifunctional decarboxylase involved in lycopodium alkaloid biosynthesis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2432-2444

  Bunsupa, Somnuk ^a,b   Hanada, Kousuke ^c   Maruyama, Akira ^a   Aoyagi, Kaori ^a   Komatsu, Kana ^a   Ueno, Hideki ^a   Yamashita, Madoka ^a   Sasaki, Ryosuke ^d   Oikawa, Akira ^d,e   Saito, Kazuki ^a,d   Yamazaki, Mami ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^e YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CARBOXYLYASE; LYSINE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PLANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUPERZIA; LYCOPODIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ONION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKALOIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBOXY-LYASES; DECARBOXYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUPERZIA; LYCOPODIUM; LYSINE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; ONIONS; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84982915231     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00639     Document Type: Article

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