Phytocannabinoids: origins and biosynthesis

T Gülck, BL Møller - Trends in plant science, 2020 - cell.com
Phytocannabinoids are bioactive natural products found in some flowering plants, liverworts,
and fungi that can be beneficial for the treatment of human ailments such as pain, anxiety …

Recent advances in activity-based probes (ABPs) and affinity-based probes (A f BPs) for profiling of enzymes

H Fang, B Peng, SY Ong, Q Wu, L Li, SQ Yao - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) is a technique that uses highly selective active-site
targeted chemical probes to label and monitor the state of proteins. ABPP integrates the …

Sesquiterpene glucosylation mediated by glucosyltransferase UGT91Q2 is involved in the modulation of cold stress tolerance in tea plants

M Zhao, N Zhang, T Gao, J Jin, T Jing, J Wang… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plants produce and emit terpenes, including sesquiterpenes, during growth and
development, which serve different functions in plants. The sesquiterpene nerolidol has …

Steviol glycosides: chemical diversity, metabolism, and function

S Ceunen, JMC Geuns - Journal of natural products, 2013 - ACS Publications
Steviol glycosides are a group of highly sweet diterpene glycosides discovered in only a few
plant species, most notably the Paraguayan shrub Stevia rebaudiana. During the past few …

The leaves of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni), their constituents and the analyses thereof: a review

U Wölwer-Rieck - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
The plant Stevia rebaudiana is well-known due to the sweet-tasting ent-kaurene diterpenoid
glycosides. Stevioside and rebaudioside A are the most abundant and best analyzed, but …

Glycosyltransferases: managers of small molecules

D Bowles, J Isayenkova, EK Lim… - Current opinion in plant …, 2005 - Elsevier
Studies of the glycosyltransferases (GTs) of small molecules have greatly increased in
recent years as new approaches have been used to identify their genes and characterize …

Plant secondary metabolism glycosyltransferases: the emerging functional analysis

CMM Gachon, M Langlois-Meurinne… - Trends in plant …, 2005 - cell.com
Glycosylation is a widespread modification of plant secondary metabolites. It is involved in
various functions, including the regulation of hormone homeostasis, the detoxification of …

Steviol glycoside biosynthesis

JE Brandle, PG Telmer - Phytochemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Steviol glycosides are found in high concentrations in the leaves of the Paraguayan
perennial herb Stevia rebaudiana and their intense sweetness, as well as high …

Glycosyltransferases of lipophilic small molecules

D Bowles, EK Lim, B Poppenberger… - Annu. Rev. Plant …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
Glycosyltransferases of small molecules transfer sugars to a wide range of acceptors, from
hormones and secondary metabolites to biotic and abiotic chemicals and toxins in the …

Plant terpene specialized metabolism: complex networks or simple linear pathways?

ER Lanier, TB Andersen, B Hamberger - The Plant Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
From the perspectives of pathway evolution, discovery and engineering of plant specialized
metabolism, the nature of the biosynthetic routes represents a critical aspect. Classical …