Reconstitution of the costunolide biosynthetic pathway in yeast and Nicotiana benthamiana.

The sesquiterpene costunolide has a broad range of biological activities and is the parent compound for many other biologically active sesquiterpenes such as parthenolide. Two enzymes of the pathway leading to costunolide have been previously characterized: germacrene A synthase (GAS) and germacrene...

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Main Authors: Qing Liu, Mohammad Majdi, Katarina Cankar, Miriam Goedbloed, Tatsiana Charnikhova, Francel W A Verstappen, Ric C H de Vos, Jules Beekwilder, Sander van der Krol, Harro J Bouwmeester
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3156125?pdf=render