Identification and Molecular Characterization of Geranyl Diphosphate Synthase (GPPS) Genes in Wintersweet Flower

• Published in: Plants (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 5; p. 666
• Main Authors: Kamran, Hafiz Muhammad, Hussain, Syed Bilal, Junzhong, Shang, Xiang, Lin, Chen, Long-Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 24.05.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Amino acid sequence; Biosynthesis; Chloroplasts; Enzymes; floral fragrance; Flowering; Flowers & plants; Gene expression; Genes; Genomics; GGPPS; GPPS; Homology; Localization; Metabolites; Monoterpenes; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant mitochondria; Proteins; Tissue analysis; Transcription; wintersweet; yeast two-hybrid assay; Yeasts; GGPPS; floral fragrance; wintersweet; GPPS; yeast two-hybrid assay

Geranyl diphosphate synthase (GPPS) is a plastid localized enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of Geranyl diphosphate (GPP), which is a universal precursor of monoterpenes. Wintersweet ( L.), a famous deciduous flowering shrub with a strong floral scent character, could have GPPS-like homologs th...