PlumX Metrics
Embed PlumX Metrics

Geranyl Diphosphate:4-Hydroxybenzoate Geranyltransferase from Lithospermum erythrorhizon

Journal of Biological Chemistry, ISSN: 0021-9258, Vol: 277, Issue: 8, Page: 6240-6246
2002
  • 142
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 78
    Captures
  • 1
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
Metric Options:   Counts1 Year3 Year

Metrics Details

Article Description

Two cDNAs encoding geranyl diphosphate:4-hy- droxybenzoate 3-geranyltransferase were isolated from Lithospermum erythrorhizon by nested PCR using the conserved amino acid sequences among polyprenyl- transferases for ubiquinone biosynthesis. They were functionally expressed in yeast COQ2 disruptant and showed a strict substrate specificity for geranyl diphosphate as the prenyl donor, in contrast to ubiquinone biosynthetic enzymes, suggesting that they are involved in the biosynthesis of shikonin, a naphthoquinone secondary metabolite. Regulation of their expression by various culture conditions coincided with that of geranyltransferase activity and the secondary metabolites biosynthesized via this enzyme. This is the first established plant prenyltransferase that transfers the prenyl chain to an aromatic substrate.

Provide Feedback

Have ideas for a new metric? Would you like to see something else here?Let us know