Genomic evidence for convergent evolution of gene clusters for momilactone biosynthesis in land plants.
Mao L, Kawaide H, Higuchi T, Chen M, Miyamoto K, Hirata Y, Kimura H, Miyazaki S, Teruya M, Fujiwara K, Tomita K, Yamane H, Hayashi KI, Nojiri H, Jia L, Qiu J, Ye C, Timko MP, Fan L, Okada K.
Mao L, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Jun 2;117(22):12472-12480. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1914373117. Epub 2020 May 14.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020.
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Both cultivated and wild grass species of Oryza and Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass) produce momilactones using a biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) in their genomes. ...Furthermore, in a survey of genomic sequences of a broad range of plant species, we found that momi …
Both cultivated and wild grass species of Oryza and Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass) produce momilactones using a biosynthetic …