Involvement of three putative glucosyltransferases from the UGT72 family in flavonol glucoside/rhamnoside biosynthesis in Lotus japonicus seeds

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 597-612

  Yin, Qinggang ^a,b   Shen, Guoan ^a   Chang, Zhenzhan ^c   Tang, Yuhong ^d   Gao, Hongwen ^e   Pang, Yongzhen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activity; Flavonols; Lotus japonicus; Seed; UDP glycosyltransferase; UGT72 family

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; LOTUS (GENUS); METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLAVONOLS; GLUCOSIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LOTEAE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 85016170775     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw420     Document Type: Article

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