A5055468288- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
- Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
- Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Plant and animal studies
- Biological Activity of Diterpenoids and Biflavonoids
- Moringa oleifera research and applications
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
- Biochemical and biochemical processes
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
Purdue University West Lafayette
2015-2021
<h2>Abstract</h2> The evolution of chemical complexity has been a major driver plant diversification, with novel compounds serving as key innovations. species-rich mint family (Lamiaceae) produces an enormous variety that act attractants and defense molecules in nature are used widely by humans flavor additives, fragrances, anti-herbivory agents. To elucidate the mechanisms which such diversity evolved, we combined leaf transcriptome data from 48 Lamiaceae species four outgroups robust...
Complementary clues from enzyme and genome evolution reveal how a mint turned into catmint.
Terpenoids, compounds found in all domains of life, represent the largest class natural products with essential roles their hosts. All terpenoids originate from five-carbon building blocks, isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) and its isomer dimethylallyl (DMAPP), which can be derived mevalonic acid (MVA) methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathways. The absence two components MVA pathway archaeal genomes led to discovery an alternative kinase (IPK) catalyzing final step, formation IPP. Despite fact...
Flowers are essential but vulnerable plant organs, exposed to pollinators and florivores; however, flower chemical defenses rarely investigated. We show here that two clustered terpene synthase cytochrome P450 encoding genes (
Terpenoids are a large and diverse class of plant metabolites that also includes volatile mono- sesquiterpenes which involved in biotic interactions plants. Due to the limited natural availability these terpenes tight regulation their biosynthesis, there is strong interest introduce or enhance production crop plants by metabolic engineering for agricultural, pharmaceutical industrial applications. While monoterpenes has been quite successful, expression sesquiterpene synthases engineered...