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Identification of marneral synthase, which is critical for growth and development in Arabidopsis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Dec 2012
Go Young S, Lee Saet B, Kim Hae J, Kim Jungmook, Park Hyo-Young, Kim Jeong-Kook, Shibata Kyomi, Yokota Takao, Ohyama Kiyoshi, Muranaka Toshiya, Arseniyadis Siméon, Suh Mi C
Abstract excerpt
Plants produce structurally diverse triterpenoids, which are important for their life and survival. Most triterpenoids and sterols share a common biosynthetic intermediate, 2,3-oxidosqualene (OS), which is cyclized by 2,3-oxidosqualene cyclase (OSC). To investigate the role of an OSC, marneral synthase 1 (MRN1), in planta, we characterized a Arabidopsis mrn1 knock-out mutant displaying round-shaped leaves, late...
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