The terpene synthase gene family in Tripterygium wilfordii harbors a labdane-type diterpene synthase among the monoterpene synthase TPS-b subfamily

Plant Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 429-441

  Hansen, Nikolaj L ^a,b   Heskes, Allison M ^a,b   Hamberger, Britta ^a,b,d   Olsen, Carl E ^a   Hallström, Björn M ^c   Andersen Ranberg, Johan ^a,b,e   Hamberger, Björn ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Center for Synthetic Biology bioSYNergy and Copenhagen Plant Sciences Centre   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Michigan State University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bioactive diterpenoids; convergent evolution; specialized metabolism; terpene synthase; Tripterygium wilfordii

Indexed keywords

LIGHT WEIGHT ROLLING STOCK; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; MONOTERPENES; OLEFINS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS; TERPENES;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DITERPENOIDS; EVOLUTIONARY CONVERGENCE; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHASES; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

ENZYMES; GENES; MONOTERPENES;

ABIETANE DERIVATIVE; DITERPENE; EPOXIDE; ISOMERASE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; PINENE CYCLASE I; PLANT PROTEIN; TERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; TRIPTOLIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRIPTERYGIUM;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DITERPENES; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOTERPENES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENANTHRENES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRIPTERYGIUM;

EID: 85012994994     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13410     Document Type: Article

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