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Isolation and characterization of two germacrene A synthase cDNA clones from chicoryHarro J Bouwmeester
Plant Research International, Business Unit Cell Cybernetics, P O Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Physiol 129:134-44. 2002..The possible involvement of a number of amino acids in sesquiterpene synthase product specificity is discussed...- Gain and loss of fruit flavor compounds produced by wild and cultivated strawberry speciesAsaph Aharoni
Plant Research International, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Cell 16:3110-31. 2004..The findings shed light on the molecular evolutionary mechanisms resulting in different flavor profiles that are eventually selected for in domesticated species... - Domain swapping of Citrus limon monoterpene synthases: impact on enzymatic activity and product specificityMazen K El Tamer
Plant Research International B.V, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Arch Biochem Biophys 411:196-203. 2003..Molecular modeling was used to further pinpoint the amino acids responsible for the differences in product specificity of ClgammaTS and Cl(-)betaPINS... - Metabolic engineering of monoterpene biosynthesis: two-step production of (+)-trans-isopiperitenol by tobaccoJoost Lücker
Business Unit Bioscience, Plant Research International, PO Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant J 39:135-45. 2004..Some further modifications of the (+)-trans-isopiperitenol were also detected, resulting in the additional emission of 1,3,8-p-menthatriene, 1,5,8-p-menthatriene, p-cymene and isopiperitenone... - The influence of monoterpene synthase transformation on the odour of tobaccoMazen K El Tamer
Wageningen-UR, Plant Research International, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
J Biotechnol 106:15-21. 2003..However, as a result of variability in panel ratings, no significant difference between two sets of transgenic flowers and the wild type tobacco flowers was found for the generated attributes in a descriptive test... - Isoprenoid biosynthesis in Artemisia annua: cloning and heterologous expression of a germacrene A synthase from a glandular trichome cDNA libraryCinzia M Bertea
Plant Research International, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Arch Biochem Biophys 448:3-12. 2006..These results demonstrate the potential of the use of A. annua glandular trichomes as a starting material for studying isoprenoid biosynthesis in this plant species... - Terpenoid metabolism in wild-type and transgenic Arabidopsis plantsAsaph Aharoni
Plant Research International, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Cell 15:2866-84. 2003..This study further demonstrates the value of Arabidopsis for studies of the biosynthesis and ecological role of terpenoids and provides new insights into their metabolism in wild-type and transgenic plants... - Functional characterization of enzymes forming volatile esters from strawberry and bananaJules Beekwilder
Plant Research International, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Physiol 135:1865-78. 2004..This confirmed that the availability of alcohol substrates is an important parameter to consider when engineering volatile ester formation in plants... - Cloning and characterisation of a maize carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (ZmCCD1) and its involvement in the biosynthesis of apocarotenoids with various roles in mutualistic and parasitic interactionsZhongkui Sun
Plant Research International, P O Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Planta 228:789-801. 2008..ZmCCD1 is proposed to be involved in cyclohexenone and mycorradicin formation in mycorrhizal maize roots but not in strigolactone formation... - Combined transcript and metabolite analysis reveals genes involved in spider mite induced volatile formation in cucumber plantsPer Mercke
Plant Research International, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Physiol 135:2012-24. 2004..The use of combined global gene expression analysis and metabolite analysis for the discovery of genes involved in specific biosynthetic processes is discussed... - Biosynthetic considerations could assist the structure elucidation of host plant produced rhizosphere signalling compounds (strigolactones) for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and parasitic plantsKumkum Rani
Plant Research International, P O Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Physiol Biochem 46:617-26. 2008..This could lead to the discovery of new strigolactones for which we expect the present biogenetic considerations will facilitate identification and structure elucidation... - Metabolic engineering of geranic acid in maize to achieve fungal resistance is compromised by novel glycosylation patternsTing Yang
Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, The Netherlands
Metab Eng 13:414-25. 2011..The results demonstrate that metabolic engineering of geraniol into geranic acid can rely on the existing default pathway, but branching glycosylation pathways must be controlled to achieve accumulation of the aglycones... - The strigolactone germination stimulants of the plant-parasitic Striga and Orobanche spp. are derived from the carotenoid pathwayRadoslava Matusova
Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Physiol 139:920-34. 2005..We also discuss this finding as an explanation for some phenomena that have been observed for the host-parasitic plant interaction, such as the effect of mycorrhiza on S. hermonthica infestation... - Metabolism of carotenoids and apocarotenoids during ripening of raspberry fruitJules Beekwilder
Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Biofactors 34:57-66. 2008..Such information helps us to better understand how these compounds are produced in plants and may also enable us to develop novel strategies for improved apocarotenoid production in fruits or indeed, alternative production systems... - Removal of phytotoxic compounds from torrefied grass fibres by plant-beneficial microorganismsRadoslava Trifonova
Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlands
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 66:158-66. 2008..These promising candidates for colonizing and simultaneously reducing the phytotoxicity of TGF were affiliated with Pseudomonas putida, Serratia plymuthica, Pseudomonas corrugata, Methylobacterium radiotolerans and Coniochaeta ligniaria... - Enantiospecific (+)- and (-)-germacrene D synthases, cloned from goldenrod, reveal a functionally active variant of the universal isoprenoid-biosynthesis aspartate-rich motifIan Prosser
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
Arch Biochem Biophys 432:136-44. 2004.... - Biosynthesis of costunolide, dihydrocostunolide, and leucodin. Demonstration of cytochrome p450-catalyzed formation of the lactone ring present in sesquiterpene lactones of chicoryJan-Willem de Kraker
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 8, 6703 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Physiol 129:257-68. 2002..The first-mentioned reaction involves an enoate reductase, whereas the formation of leucodin from (+)-costunolide probably involves more than one enzyme, including a cytochrome P450 enzyme... - Artemisinin and sesquiterpene precursors in dead and green leaves of Artemisia annua L. cropsWillemien J M Lommen
Crop and Weed Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Planta Med 73:1133-9. 2007..The possibility to convert a larger part of dihydroartemisinic acid into artemisinin during post-harvest handling is discussed... - Engineering the essence of plantsHarro J Bouwmeester
Nat Biotechnol 24:1359-61. 2006 - Induction of a leaf specific geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase and emission of (E,E)-4,8,12-trimethyltrideca-1,3,7,11-tetraene in tomato are dependent on both jasmonic acid and salicylic acid signaling pathwaysKai Ament
Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 318, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Planta 224:1197-208. 2006..We show that there is an additional layer of regulation, because geranyllinalool synthase, catalyzing the first dedicated step in TMTT biosynthesis, was induced by JA but not by MeSA... - Genetic engineering of terpenoid metabolism attracts bodyguards to ArabidopsisIris F Kappers
Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, Post Office Box 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, Netherlands
Science 309:2070-2. 2005..These altered plants attracted carnivorous predatory mites (Phytoseiulus persimilis) that aid the plants' defense mechanisms...