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Jun Murata
Researcher at Brock University
Publications - 45
Citations - 1785
Jun Murata is an academic researcher from Brock University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lignan & Sesamin. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 41 publications receiving 1484 citations. Previous affiliations of Jun Murata include National Archives and Records Administration & Nara Institute of Science and Technology.
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The Leaf Epidermome of Catharanthus roseus Reveals Its Biochemical Specialization
TL;DR: Several novel MIA pathway candidate genes were identified, as demonstrated by the cloning and functional characterization of loganic acid O-methyltransferase involved in secologanin biosynthesis.
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Vinca drug components accumulate exclusively in leaf exudates of Madagascar periwinkle
Jonathan Roepke,Vonny Salim,Maggie Wu,Antje M. K. Thamm,Jun Murata,Kerstin Ploss,Wilhelm Boland,Vincenzo De Luca +7 more
TL;DR: It is reported that the complex development-, environment, organ-, and cell-specific controls involved in expression of MIA pathways are coupled to secretory mechanisms that keep catharanthine and vindoline separated from each other in living plants.
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Localization of tabersonine 16‐hydroxylase and 16‐OH tabersonine‐16‐O‐methyltransferase to leaf epidermal cells defines them as a major site of precursor biosynthesis in the vindoline pathway in Catharanthus roseus
Jun Murata,Vincenzo De Luca +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the cell types responsible for vindoline biosynthesis were identified by laser-capture microdissection/RNA isolation/RT-PCR to show that geraniol hydroxylase, secologanin synthase, tryptophan decarboxylase and strictosidine s-glucosidase can be detected preferentially in epidermal cells.
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Volatile glycosylation in tea plants: Sequential glycosylations for the biosynthesis of aroma β-primeverosides are catalyzed by two Camellia sinensis glycosyltransferases
Shoji Ohgami,Eiichiro Ono,Manabu Horikawa,Jun Murata,Koujirou Totsuka,Hiromi Toyonaga,Yukie Ohba,Hideo Dohra,Tatsuo Asai,Kenji Matsui,Masaharu Mizutani,Naoharu Watanabe,Toshiyuki Ohnishi +12 more
TL;DR: The mechanism of aroma β-primeveroside biosynthesis in C. sinensis is revealed and this information can be used to preserve tea aroma better during the manufacturing process and to investigate the mechanism of plant chemical defenses.
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Application of carborundum abrasion for investigating the leaf epidermis: molecular cloning of Catharanthus roseus 16-hydroxytabersonine-16-O-methyltransferase.
TL;DR: In this article, carborundum abrasion was used for large-scale isolation of leaf epidermis-enriched proteins in order to purify to apparent homogeneity 16-hydroxytabersonine-16-O-methyltransferase (16OMT), which catalyses the second of six steps in the conversion of tabersonine into vindoline, and to clone the gene.