Picking sides: distinct roles for CYP76M6 and CYP76M8 in rice oryzalexin biosynthesis

Reverse-genetic approach to verify physiological roles of rice phytoalexins: characterization of a knockdown mutant ofOsCPS4phytoalexin biosynthetic gene in rice

(2013) Tomonobu Toyomasu et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Gene Discovery of Modular Diterpene Metabolism in Nonmodel Systems

(2013) P. Zerbe et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Gibberellin biosynthesis and its regulation

(2012) Peter Hedden et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Discovery and functional characterization of two diterpene synthases for sclareol biosynthesis in Salvia sclarea (L.) and their relevance for perfume manufacture

(2012) Anne Caniard et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Bifunctionalcis-Abienol Synthase fromAbies balsameaDiscovered by Transcriptome Sequencing and Its Implications for Diterpenoid Fragrance Production

(2012) Philipp Zerbe et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Characterization of CYP76M5–8 Indicates Metabolic Plasticity within a Plant Biosynthetic Gene Cluster

(2012) Qiang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Toward a Biosynthetic Route to Sclareol and Amber Odorants

(2012) Michel Schalk et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The early stages of taxol biosynthesis: An interim report on the synthesis and identification of early pathway metabolites

(2012) Jennifer Guerra-Bubb et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

A Single Residue Change Leads to a Hydroxylated Product from the Class II Diterpene Cyclization Catalyzed by Abietadiene Synthase

(2012) Jared Criswell et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Functional characterization of wheat ent-kaurene(-like) synthases indicates continuing evolution of labdane-related diterpenoid metabolism in the cereals

(2012) Ke Zhou et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

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

(2012) Yisheng Wu et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

A diterpene synthase from the clary sage Salvia sclarea catalyzes the cyclization of geranylgeranyl diphosphate to (8R)-hydroxy-copalyl diphosphate

(2012) Nils Günnewich et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

CYP701A8: A Rice ent-Kaurene Oxidase Paralog Diverted to More Specialized Diterpenoid Metabolism

(2012) Q. Wang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Evolution of Conifer Diterpene Synthases: Diterpene Resin Acid Biosynthesis in Lodgepole Pine and Jack Pine Involves Monofunctional and Bifunctional Diterpene Synthases

(2012) D. E. Hall et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Parsing a multifunctional biosynthetic gene cluster from rice: Biochemical characterization of CYP71Z6 & 7

(2011) Yisheng Wu et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Lettuce Costunolide Synthase (CYP71BL2) and Its Homolog (CYP71BL1) from Sunflower Catalyze Distinct Regio- and Stereoselective Hydroxylations in Sesquiterpene Lactone Metabolism

(2011) Nobuhiro Ikezawa et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Primary Diterpene Synthase Products ofPicea abiesLevopimaradiene/Abietadiene Synthase (PaLAS) Are Epimers of a Thermally Unstable Diterpenol

(2011) Christopher I. Keeling et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Genetic evidence for natural product-mediated plant-plant allelopathy in rice (Oryza sativa)

(2011) Meimei Xu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Triterpene Functional Genomics in Licorice for Identification of CYP72A154 Involved in the Biosynthesis of Glycyrrhizin

(2011) Hikaru Seki et al.   PLANT CELL

A P450-centric view of plant evolution

(2011) David Nelson et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Evolution of Diterpene Metabolism: Sitka Spruce CYP720B4 Catalyzes Multiple Oxidations in Resin Acid Biosynthesis of Conifer Defense against Insects

(2011) B. Hamberger et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Identity, regulation, and activity of inducible diterpenoid phytoalexins in maize

(2011) E. A. Schmelz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional Annotation, Genome Organization and Phylogeny of the Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) Terpene Synthase Gene Family Based on Genome Assembly, FLcDNA Cloning, and Enzyme Assays

(2010) Diane M Martin et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Two rings in them all: The labdane-related diterpenoids

(2010) Reuben J. Peters   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

CYP99A3: functional identification of a diterpene oxidase from the momilactone biosynthetic gene cluster in rice

(2010) Qiang Wang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

A Copal-8-ol Diphosphate Synthase from the Angiosperm Cistus creticus subsp. creticus Is a Putative Key Enzyme for the Formation of Pharmacologically Active, Oxygen-Containing Labdane-Type Diterpenes

(2010) Vasiliki Falara et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Increasing diterpene yield with a modular metabolic engineering system in E. coli: comparison of MEV and MEP isoprenoid precursor pathway engineering

(2009) Dana Morrone et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cloning and Characterization of cDNAs Encodingent-Copalyl Diphosphate Synthases in Wheat: Insight into the Evolution of Rice Phytoalexin Biosynthetic Genes

(2009) Tomonobu TOYOMASU et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

CYP76M7 Is an ent-Cassadiene C11 -Hydroxylase Defining a Second Multifunctional Diterpenoid Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Rice

(2009) S. Swaminathan et al.   PLANT CELL

Identification and Regulation of TPS04/GES, an Arabidopsis Geranyllinalool Synthase Catalyzing the First Step in the Formation of the Insect-Induced Volatile C16-Homoterpene TMTT

(2008) M. Herde et al.   PLANT CELL