Natural Product Biosynthesis by Microorganisms and Plants, Part A

Edited by

David Hopwood, John Innes Centre and AFRC Institute of Plant Science Research, Norwich, UK

This new volume of Methods in Enzymology continues the legacy of this premier serial by containing quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. The first of 3 volumes covering Natural product biosynthesis by microorganisms and plants, it has chapters on such topics as Kinetics of plant sesquiterpene synthases, Terpenoid biosynthesis in fungi, and plant Type III polyketide synthases.

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Hardbound, 472 Pages

Published: October 2012

Imprint: Academic Press

ISBN: 978-0-12-394290-6

1. Steady-state kinetic characterization of sesquiterpene synthases by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy
  Steven R. Garrett, Richard J. Morris, and Paul E. OMaille
2. Automating gene library synthesis by structure-based combinatorial protein engineering (SCOPE): examples from plant sesquiterpene synthases
  Melissa Dokarry, Caroline Laurendon, Paul E. OMaille
3. In planta Transient Expression Analysis of Monoterpene Synthases
  Sol A. Green, Xiuyin Chen and Adam J. Matich
4. Natural Rubber Biosynthesis in Plants: Rubber Transferase
  Katrina Cornish and Wenshuang Xie
5. Discovery and Characterization of Terpenoid Biosynthetic Pathways of Fungi
  Grayson T. Wawrzyn, Sarah E. Bloch and Claudia Schmidt-Dannert
6. Menaquinone biosyntheses in microorganisms
  Tohru Dairi
7. Diversity and analysis of bacterial terpene synthases
  Yuuki Yamada, David E. Cane and Haruo Ikeda
8. Platensimycin and platencin biosynthesis in Streptomyces platensis, showcasing discovery and characterization of novel bacterial diterpene synthases
  Michael J. Smanski, Ryan M. Peterson, and Ben Shen
9. Strategies for Engineering Plant Natural Products:The Iridoid-Derived Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids of Catharanthus roseus
  Sarah O'Connor
10. Discovery and functional analysis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid pathways in plants
  Vincenzo De Luca, Vonny Salim, Dylan Levac1, Sayaka Masada Atsumi and Fang Yu
11. Biochemical Genomics for Gene Discovery in Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Opium Poppy and Related Species
  Thu Thuy T. Dang, Akpevwe Onoyovwi, Scott C. Farrow and Peter J. Facchini
12. Analysis and modification of ergot alkaloid profiles in fungi
  Daniel G. Panaccione, Katy L. Ryan, Christopher L. Schardl, and Simona Florea
13. Engineering of glucosinolate biosynthesis: candidate gene identification and validation
  Morten E Møldrup, Bo Salomonsen, Barbara A Halkier
14. Structure, function and evolutionary analyses of the plant type III polyketide synthase family
  Jing-Ke Weng and Joseph P. Noel
15. Engineering of plant type III polyketide synthases
  Toshiyuki Wakimoto, Hiroyuki Morita, and Ikuro Abe
16. Type III polyketide synthases in microorganisms
  Yohei Katsuyama and Yasuo Ohnishi

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