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Chengchao Xu
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 2
Citations - 148
Chengchao Xu is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Steroid biosynthesis & Diosgenin. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 67 citations.
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Repeated evolution of cytochrome P450-mediated spiroketal steroid biosynthesis in plants.
Bastien Christ,Chengchao Xu,Menglong Xu,Fu-Shuang Li,Naoki Wada,A.J. Mitchell,Xiu-Lin Han,Meng-Liang Wen,Makoto Fujita,Makoto Fujita,Jing-Ke Weng +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the diosgenin-biosynthetic pathway in plants was investigated in the presence of a pair of cytochromes P450 that catalyzes oxidative 5,6-spiroketalization of cholesterol to produce diogenin.
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Repeated evolution of cytochrome P450-mediated spiroketal steroid biosynthesis in plants
TL;DR: This study reported the diosgenin-biosynthetic pathways in himalayan paris (Paris polyphylla), a monocot medicinal plant with hemostatic and antibacterial properties, and fenugreek (Trigonella foenum–graecum), an eudicot culinary herb plant commonly used as a galactagogue.