Functional characterization of UDP-rhamnose-dependent rhamnosyltransferase involved in anthocyanin modification, a key enzyme determining blue coloration in Lobelia erinus

Plant Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 325-337

  Hsu, Yang Hsin ^a   Tagami, Takayoshi ^b   Matsunaga, Kana ^a   Okuyama, Masayuki ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Noda, Naonobu ^c   Suzuki, Masahiko ^a   Shimura, Hanako ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

anthocyanin; branch forming GT; Lobelia erinus; lobelinin; modification pathway; rhamnosyltransferase; UDP rhamnose

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CLONING; ENZYMES; FLAVONOIDS; GENES; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BRANCH-FORMING GT; LOBELIA ERINUS; LOBELININ; MODIFICATION PATHWAY; RHAMNOSYLTRANSFERASE; UDP-RHAMNOSE;

ANTHOCYANINS;

FLAVOR; SOLUBILITY; STABILITY;

ANTHOCYANIN; DELPHINIDIN 3-O-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; GLUCOSIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UDP-RHAMNOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR;

GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; LOBELIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSIDES; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LOBELIA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS;

EID: 85008469061     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13387     Document Type: Article

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