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Monoterpene and sesquiterpene synthases and the origin of terpene skeletal diversity in plants.
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This review covers the monoterpene and sesquiterpene synthases presenting an up-to-date list of enzymes reported and evidence for their ability to form multiple products.About:
This article is published in Phytochemistry.The article was published on 2009-10-01. It has received 857 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Terpene synthase N terminal domain & Terpene.read more
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The family of terpene synthases in plants: A mid-size family of genes for specialized metabolism that is highly diversified throughout the kingdom
TL;DR: The terpene synthases (TPSs) as mentioned in this paper are a family of enzymes responsible for the synthesis of various terpenes from two isomeric 5-carbon precursor molecules, leading to 5-carbinear isoprene, 10-carbon monoterpenes, 15-carbon sesquiterpenes and 20-carbenes.
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Biosynthesis, function and metabolic engineering of plant volatile organic compounds.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the biosynthesis and regulation of plant volatiles, the involvement of floral volaticles in plant reproduction as well as their contribution to plant biodiversity and applications in agriculture via crop-pollinator interactions.
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Abiotic stresses and induced BVOCs.
TL;DR: In conclusion, oxidative and thermal stresses are relieved in the presence of volatile terpenes and C6 compounds, and methyl salicylate are thought to promote direct and indirect defence by modulating the signalling that biochemically activate defence pathways.
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Antimicrobial Properties of Plant Essential Oils against Human Pathogens and Their Mode of Action: An Updated Review.
TL;DR: This comprehensive review will benefit researchers who wish to explore the potential of essential oils in the development of novel broad-spectrum key molecules against a broad range of drug-resistant pathogenic microbes.
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Structural and Chemical Biology of Terpenoid Cyclases.
TL;DR: Key advances in terpenoid cyclase structural and chemical biology are reviewed, focusing mainly on ter penoid cyclases and related prenyltransferases for which X-ray crystal structures have informed and advanced the authors' understanding of enzyme structure and function.
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TREECON for Windows: a software package for the construction and drawing of evolutionary trees for the Microsoft Windows environment
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Comprehensive natural products chemistry
TL;DR: Collecting together aspects of the chemistry of natural products, this work was conceived as a source of the underlying general principles governing modern natural products physics as discussed by the authors, and was used as a basis for the present paper.
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Plant terpenoid synthases: Molecular biology and phylogenetic analysis
TL;DR: This review focuses on the monoterpene, sesquiterpenes, and diterpene synthases of plant origin that use the corresponding C10, C15, and C20 prenyl diphosphates as substrates to generate the enormous diversity of carbon skeletons characteristic of the terpenoid family of natural products.
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Terpene synthases and the regulation, diversity and biological roles of terpene metabolism.
TL;DR: Structural diversity and complexity of terpenes generates an enormous potential for mediating plant-environment interactions and engineering the activities of terpene synthases provides opportunities for detailed functional evaluations of terPene metabolites in planta.