Functional characterization of wheat copalyl diphosphate synthases sheds light on the early evolution of labdane-related diterpenoid metabolism in the cereals

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5165163	Phytochemistry	2012	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº Biochemical characterization of copalyl diphosphate synthases from wheat and barley. âº Stereochemical differentiation provides rationale for expanded gene family. âº Molecular phylogenetic analysis suggests this arose early in cereal crop evolution.

Keywords

CPP cps Oryza sativa GGPP KSL ent-kaurene synthase GC–MS rapid amplification of cDNA ends Hordeum vulgare Cultivar Race copalyl diphosphate Copalyl diphosphate synthase Graminae Triticum aestivum

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Chemistry Organic Chemistry

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Functional characterization of wheat copalyl diphosphate synthases sheds light on the early evolution of labdane-related diterpenoid metabolism in the cereals

Authors

Yisheng Wu, Ke Zhou, Tomonobu Toyomasu, Chizu Sugawara, Madoka Oku, Shiho Abe, Masami Usui, Wataru Mitsuhashi, Makiko Chono, Peter M. Chandler, Reuben J. Peters,