Natural Product Biosynthesis by Microorganisms and Plants, Part A

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. Contains quality chapters authored by leaders in the field The first of 3 volumes Has chapters on such topics as kinetics of plant sesquiterpene synthases, terpenoid biosynthesis in fungi, and plant Type III polyketide synthases INDICE: Steady-state kinetic characterization of sesquiterpene synthases by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopyAutomating gene library synthesis by structure-based combinatorial protein engineering (SCOPE): examples from plant sesquiterpene synthasesIn planta Transient Expression Analysis of Monoterpene SynthasesNatural Rubber Biosynthesis in Plants: Rubber TransferaseDiscovery and Characterization of Terpenoid Biosynthetic Pathways of FungiMenaquinone biosyntheses in microorganismsDiversity and analysis of bacterial terpene synthasesPlatensimycin and platencin biosynthesis in Streptomyces platensis, showcasing discovery and characterization of novel bacterial diterpene synthasesStrategies for Engineering Plant Natural Products:The Iridoid-Derived Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids of Catharanthus roseusDiscovery and functional analysis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid pathways in plantsBiochemical Genomics for Gene Discovery in Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Opium Poppy and Related SpeciesAnalysis and modification of ergot alkaloid profiles in fungiEngineering of glucosinolate biosynthesis: candidate gene identification and validation Structure, function and evolutionary analyses of the plant type III polyketide synthase familyEngineering of plant type III polyketide synthasesType III polyketide synthases in microorganisms

• ISBN: 978-0-12-394290-6
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 472
• Fecha Publicación: 09/11/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés