Melatonin treatment delays postharvest senescence and regulates reactive oxygen species metabolism in peach fruit
- Huilan Gao, Zhengke Zhang, W. Cao
- Biology
- 1 August 2016
Identification of early salt stress response genes in tomato root by suppression subtractive hybridization and microarray analysis.
High salinity is one of the most serious threats to crop production. To understand the molecular basis of plant responses to salt stress better, suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) and…
Metabolic engineering of geranic acid in maize to achieve fungal resistance is compromised by novel glycosylation patterns.
- Ting Yang, G. Stoopen, M. Jongsma
- Biology, MedicineMetabolic Engineering
- 1 July 2011
Identification and characterization of a strict and a promiscuous N-acetylglucosamine-1-P uridylyltransferase in Arabidopsis.
- Ting Yang, M. Echols, Andy Martin, M. Bar-Peled
- BiologyBiochemical Journal
- 1 September 2010
A three-dimensional protein structure model using the human AGX1 as template showed a conserved catalytic fold and helped identify key conserved motifs, despite the high sequence divergence, to identify new roles of amino sugar metabolism in plants and specifically their role as signalling molecules.
Chrysanthemum expressing a linalool synthase gene 'smells good', but 'tastes bad' to western flower thrips.
- Ting Yang, G. Stoopen, Manus P. M. Thoen, G. Wiegers, M. Jongsma
- Environmental SciencePlant Biotechnology Journal
- 1 September 2013
Considering the common occurrence of linalool and its glycosides in plant tissues, it suggests that plants may balance attractive fragrance with 'poor taste' using the same precursor compound.
Nontargeted Analysis Using Ultraperformance Liquid Chromatography-Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Uncovers the Effects of Harvest Season on the Metabolites and Taste Quality of Tea…
- Weidong Dai, Dandan Qi, Zhi Lin
- Medicine, ChemistryJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- 30 October 2015
Comparing the metabolite profiles of green teas of nine varieties that were plucked in spring, summer, and autumn by using ultraperformance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry on a reversed phase column suggested that several flavonoids and amino acids are mainly responsible for the seasonal variations in taste quality.
Hydrophobic recognition allows the glycosyltransferase UGT76G1 to catalyze its substrate in two orientations
- Ting Yang, Jinzhu Zhang, Xiaofeng Zhu
- Biology, ChemistryNature Communications
- 19 July 2019
UGT76G1 is an UDP-glucose dependent glycosyltransferase and a component of the biosynthesis pathway for the natural sugar substitute steviol glycoside and insights into substrate recognition and catalysis by the enzyme are provided.
Identification of Galacturonic Acid-1-phosphate Kinase, a New Member of the GHMP Kinase Superfamily in Plants, and Comparison with Galactose-1-phosphate Kinase*
- Ting Yang, L. Bar-Peled, Lindsay Gebhart, S. G. Lee, M. Bar-Peled
- BiologyJournal of Biological Chemistry
- 9 June 2009
It is suggested that GalAK generates GalA-1-P from the salvaged GalA that is released during growth-dependent cell wall restructuring, or from storage tissue, and is then available for use in the formation of UDP-GalA required for glycan synthesis.
Chrysanthemyl Diphosphate Synthase Operates in Planta as a Bifunctional Enzyme with Chrysanthemol Synthase Activity*
- Ting Yang, Li-Ping Gao, Hao Hu, G. Stoopen, Caiyun Wang, M. Jongsma
- Biology, ChemistryJournal of Biological Chemistry
- 5 November 2014
It is shown that the NDXXD catalytic motif of CDS, under the lower substrate conditions prevalent in plants, also catalyzes the next step, converting CPP into chrysanthemol by hydrolyzing the diphosphate moiety.
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