Advanced search
Publication Cover
DNA Sequence Volume 15, 2004 - Issue 2
Journal homepage
115
Views
20
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

A New Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase Gene from Ginkgo biloba, which Intermediates the Biosynthesis of the Key Precursor for Ginkgolides

Zhihua Liao State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Morgan-Tan International Center for Life Sciences, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
,
Min Chen School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, 200032, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
,
Yifu Gong Faculty of Life Science and Biotechnology, Ningbo University, 315211, Ningbo, People's Republic of China
,
Liang Guo State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Morgan-Tan International Center for Life Sciences, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
,
Qiumin Tan State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Morgan-Tan International Center for Life Sciences, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
,
Xiaoqi Feng State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Morgan-Tan International Center for Life Sciences, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
,
Xiaofen Sun State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Morgan-Tan International Center for Life Sciences, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
,
Feng Tan School of Life Sciences, Southwest China Normal University, 400715, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
&
Kexuan Tang Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 200030, Shanghai, People's Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]; [email protected]
 show all
Pages 153-158 | Received 06 Oct 2003, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

References

  • Ashby, M.N. and Edwards, P.A. (1990) “Elucidation of the deficiency in two yeast coenzyme Q mutants. Characteriza- tion of the structural gene encoding hexaprenyl pyrophos- phate synthetase”, J. Biol. Chem. 265, 13157– 13164.
  • Brevoort, P. (1990) “The booming US botanical market—a new overview”, Herbalgram 44, 33– 46.
  • Carrier, D.J., Van Beek, T.A., Van Der Heijden, R. and Verpoorte, R. (1998) “Distributration of Ginkgolildes and terpenoid biosynthetic Activity in Ginkgo biloba”, Phytochemistry 48, 89– 92.
  • Chen, A.J., Kroon, P.A. and Poulter, C.D. (1994) “Isoprenyl diphosphate synthases protein-sequence comparisons, a phylogenetic tree and redictions of secondary structure”, Protein Sci. 3, 600– 607.
  • Crimmins, M.T., Pace, J.M., Nantermet, P.G., Kim-Meade, A.S., Thomas, J.B., Watterson, S.H. and Wagman, A.S. (2000) “The total synthesis of (þ /2)-ginkgolide B”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 8453– 8463.
  • Dewick, P.M. (2002) “The biosynthesis of C5-C25 terpenoid compounds”, Nat. Prod. Rep. 19, 181– 222.
  • Eisenreich, W., Rohdich, F. and Bacher, A. (2001) “Deoxy- xylulose phosphate pathway to terpenoids”, Trends Plant Sci. 6, 78– 84.
  • Hefner, J., Ketchum, R.E.B. and Croteau, R. (1998) “Cloning and functional expression of a cDNA encoding geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase from Taxus canadensis and assessment of the role of this prenyltransferase in cells induced for taxol production”, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 360, 62– 74.
  • Hosford, D.J., Domingo, M.T., Chabrier, P.E. and Braquet, P. (1990) “Ginkgolides and platelet-activating-factor binding-sites”, Methods Enzymol. 187, 433– 446.
  • Jacobs, B.P. and Browner, W.S. (2000) “Ginkgo biloba: a living fossil”, Am. J. Med. 108, 341–342.
  • Laurain, D., Tremouillaux-Guillerm, J., Chenieux, J.C. and van Beek, T.A. (1997) “Production of Ginkgolide and bilobalide in transformed and gametophyte derived cell cultures of Ginkgo biloba”, Phytochemistry 46, 127– 130.
  • Salzman, R.A., Fujita, T., Zhu-Salzman, K., Hasegawa, P.M. and Bressan, R.A. (1999) “An improved RNA isolation method for plant tissues containing high levels of phenolic compounds or carbohydrates”, Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 17, 11– 17.
  • Sandmann, G. (1994) “Carotenoid biosynthesis in microorganisms and plants”, Eur. J. Biochem. 223, 7– 24.
  • Schepmann, H.G., Pang, J.H. and Matsuda, S.P.T. (2001) “Cloning and characterization of Ginkgo biloba levopimaradiene synthase, which catalyzes the first committed step in Ginkgolide biosynthesis”, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 392, 263– 269.
  • Schwarz, M. and Arigoni, D. (1999) “Ginkgolide biosynthesis”, In: Cane, D., ed, Comprehensive Natural Product Chemistry. (Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK), pp 367–399.
  • Sitthithaworn, W., Kojima, N., Viroonchatapan, E., Suh, D.Y., Iwanami, N., Hayashi, T., Noji, M., Saito, K., Niwa, Y. and Sankawa, U. (2001) “Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase from Scoparia dulcis and Croton sublyratus. Plastid localization and conversion to a farnesyl diphosphate synthase by mutagenesis”, Chem. Pharm. Bull. 49, 197– 202.
  • Van Beek, T.A. (2002) “Chemical analysis of Ginkgo biloba leaves and extracts”, J. Chromatogr. A 967, 21– 55.
  • Van Beek, T.A., Scheeren, H.A., Rantio, T., Melger, W.C. and Lelyveld, G.P. (1991) “Determination of ginkgolides and bilobalide in Ginkgo biloba leaves and phytopharmaceuticals”, J. Chromatogr. 543, 375– 387.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.