Shin-ichi Ayabe

TL;DR: In this paper, an enzyme that can convert flavanones directly to flavones, and its uses; the DNA and amino acid sequences for enzymes encoded thereby are listed as SEQ.

TL;DR: The methods of cloning P450 cDNAs from elicited cultures of G. echinate and the procedures for the functional characterization with heterologous eukaryotic cells are described and detailed methods of assaying the enzyme activities and the preparation of the 2-hydroxyisoflavanone sample by a large-scale incubation are presented.

TL;DR: C cultured alfalfa cells were shown to exhibit rapid and transient increases in the extractable activities of both CHMT and LMT after treatment with yeast extract (YE), and it was concluded that al falfaCHMT and licorice LMT are distinct enzymes, the former displaying the wider substrate specificity.

TL;DR: Squalene synthase activity was detected in the microsomal fractions of suspension-cultured cells of dandelion, which produce cycloartane and other classes of triterpenoids and, although the recovery was poor, the activity was retained in the final FPLC fractions.

TL;DR: In this article, a DNA encoding an enzyme capable of converting flavanone directly into flavone which is obtained from antirrhinum and torenia, and utilization thereof is presented.