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UGT74S1 is the key player in controlling secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) formation in flax.
BMC plant biology - 2 Feb 2017
Fofana Bourlaye, Ghose Kaushik, McCallum Jason, You Frank M, Cloutier Sylvie
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BACKGROUND: Flax lignan, commonly known as secoisolariciresinol (SECO) diglucoside (SDG), has recently been reported with health-promoting activities, including its positive impact in metabolic diseases. However, not much was reported on the biosynthesis of SDG and its monoglucoside (SMG) until lately. Flax UGT74S1 was recently reported to sequentially glucosylate SECO into SMG and SDG in vitro. However, whether...
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