Isolation of an ent-kaurene oxidase cDNA from Cucurbita maxima

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Helliwell, CA
Olive, MR
Gebbie, L
Forster, R
Peacock, WJ
Dennis, ES
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[1] CSIRO Plant Ind, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
[2] Australian Natl Univ, Div Biochem & Mol Biol, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY | 2000年 / 27卷 / 12期
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10.1071/PP00079
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Q94 [植物学];
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071001 ;
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Four distinct cDNAs isolated from developing Cucurbita maxima Duchesne seeds included CYP701A1, a member of the same subfamily of cytochrome P450 enzyme as the Arabidopsis ent-kaurene oxidase GA3 which catalyses an early step in gibberellin (GA) biosynthesis. We have shown by complementation of the Arabidopsis ga3-2 mutant that the CYP701A1 cDNA encodes an ent-kaurene oxidase activity. Another cDNA, CYP88A2, encodes a protein which is in the same subfamily as the maize Dwarf3 protein and is likely to encode another GA biosynthetic enzyme catalysing a reaction between ent-kaurenoic acid and GA(12).
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