Natural Product Biosynthesis by Microorganisms and Plants, Part A

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-12-394290-6
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 472 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 900 g

This new volume of Methods in Enzymology continues the legacy of this premier serial by containing quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. The first of 3 volumes covering Natural product biosynthesis by microorganisms and plants, it has chapters on such topics as Kinetics of plant sesquiterpene synthases, Terpenoid biosynthesis in fungi, and plant Type III polyketide synthases.

Zielgruppe

Biochemists, biophysicists, molecular biologists, analytical chemists, and physiologists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hopwood, David A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Enzymologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Biochemie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Steady-state kinetic characterization of sesquiterpene synthases by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy

- Automating gene library synthesis by structure-based combinatorial protein engineering (SCOPE): examples from plant sesquiterpene synthases

- In planta Transient Expression Analysis of Monoterpene Synthases

- Natural Rubber Biosynthesis in Plants: Rubber Transferase

- Discovery and Characterization of Terpenoid Biosynthetic Pathways of Fungi

- Menaquinone biosyntheses in microorganisms

- Diversity and analysis of bacterial terpene synthases

- Platensimycin and platencin biosynthesis in Streptomyces platensis, showcasing discovery and characterization of novel bacterial diterpene synthases

- Strategies for Engineering Plant Natural Products:The Iridoid-Derived Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids of Catharanthus roseus

- Discovery and functional analysis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid pathways in plants

- Biochemical Genomics for Gene Discovery in Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Opium Poppy and Related Species

- Analysis and modification of ergot alkaloid profiles in fungi

- Engineering of glucosinolate biosynthesis: candidate gene identification and validation

- Structure, function and evolutionary analyses of the plant type III polyketide synthase family

- Engineering of plant type III polyketide synthases

- Type III polyketide synthases in microorganisms