Cloning and characterization of isoprenyl diphosphate synthases with farnesyl diphosphate and geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase activity from Norway spruce (Picea abies) and their relation to induced oleoresin formation

Three isoprenyldiphosphate synthases sequences, coding for a farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS) and two geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases (GGPPS) have been isolated and characterized from methyl jasmonate induced Picea abies saplings. Tissue-specific expression upon treatment with the stress hormone methyl jasmonate was shown.