Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

The ancient CYP716 family is a major contributor to the diversification of eudicot triterpenoid biosynthesis

  • Karel Miettinen,
  • Jacob Pollier,
  • Dieter Buyst,
  • Philipp Arendt,
  • René Csuk,
  • Sven Sommerwerk,
  • Tessa Moses,
  • Jan Mertens,
  • Prashant D Sonawane,
  • Laurens Pauwels,
  • Asaph Aharoni,
  • José Martins,
  • David R. Nelson,
  • Alain Goossens

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14153
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Cytochrome P450 family enzymes have an essential role in the creation of triterpenoid diversity in plants. Here, the authors describe triterpenoid synthesis as mediated by CYP716 enzymes in medicinal plant species, and perform phylogenetic analysis to describe CYP716 molecular evolution in plants.