Floral volatiles: from biosynthesis to function

JK Muhlemann, A Klempien… - Plant, cell & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Floral volatiles have attracted humans' attention since antiquity and have since then
permeated many aspects of our lives. Indeed, they are heavily used in perfumes, cosmetics …

Monoterpene and sesquiterpene synthases and the origin of terpene skeletal diversity in plants

J Degenhardt, TG Köllner, J Gershenzon - Phytochemistry, 2009 - Elsevier
The multitude of terpene carbon skeletons in plants is formed by enzymes known as terpene
synthases. This review covers the monoterpene and sesquiterpene synthases presenting an …

A cytosolic bifunctional geranyl/farnesyl diphosphate synthase provides MVA-derived GPP for geraniol biosynthesis in rose flowers

C Conart, DP Bomzan, XQ Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Geraniol derived from essential oils of various plant species is widely used in the cosmetic
and perfume industries. It is also an essential trait of the pleasant smell of rose flowers. In …

Metabolomics for functional genomics, systems biology, and biotechnology

K Saito, F Matsuda - Annual review of plant biology, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Metabolomics now plays a significant role in fundamental plant biology and applied
biotechnology. Plants collectively produce a huge array of chemicals, far more than are …

Functional genomics by integrated analysis of metabolome and transcriptome of Arabidopsis plants over‐expressing an MYB transcription factor

T Tohge, Y Nishiyama, MY Hirai, M Yano… - The Plant …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of metabolomics and transcriptomics can provide precise information on
gene‐to‐metabolite networks for identifying the function of unknown genes unless there has …

Plant cell factories in the post-genomic era: new ways to produce designer secondary metabolites

KM Oksman-Caldentey, D Inzé - Trends in plant science, 2004 - cell.com
Plants synthesize an extensive array of secondary metabolites, often with highly complex
structures. Currently, most pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites are isolated …

Single‐cell RNA‐sequencing of Nicotiana attenuata corolla cells reveals the biosynthetic pathway of a floral scent

M Kang, Y Choi, H Kim, SG Kim - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
High‐throughput single‐cell RNA sequencing (scRNA‐Seq) identifies distinct cell
populations based on cell‐to‐cell heterogeneity in gene expression. By examining the …

Biosynthesis of monoterpene scent compounds in roses

JL Magnard, A Roccia, JC Caissard, P Vergne, P Sun… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The scent of roses (Rosa x hybrida) is composed of hundreds of volatile molecules.
Monoterpenes represent up to 70% percent of the scent content in some cultivars, such as …

(E)-β-Ocimene and Myrcene Synthase Genes of Floral Scent Biosynthesis in Snapdragon: Function and Expression of Three Terpene Synthase Genes of a New …

N Dudareva, D Martin, CM Kish, N Kolosova… - The Plant …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Snapdragon flowers emit two monoterpene olefins, myrcene and (E)-β-ocimene, derived
from geranyl diphosphate, in ad-dition to a major phenylpropanoid floral scent component …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidation of Gene-to-Gene and Metabolite-to-Gene Networks inArabidopsis by Integration of Metabolomics andTranscriptomics

MY Hirai, M Klein, Y Fujikawa, M Yano… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
Since the completion of genome sequences of model organisms, functionalidentification of
unknown genes has become a principal challenge in biology. Post-genomics sciences such …