Phylogeny and expression analyses reveal important roles for plant PKS III family during the conquest of land by plants and angiosperm diversification

AbstractPolyketide synthases (PKSs) utilize the products of primary metabolism to synthesize a wide array of secondary metabolites in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. PKSs can be grouped into three distinct classes, type I, II, and III, based on enzyme structure, substrate specificity, and...

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Main Authors: Lulu Xie, Pingli Liu, Zhixin Zhu, Shifan Zhang, Shujiang Zhang, Fei Li, Hui Zhang, Guoliang Li, Yunxiao Wei, Rifei Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
CHS
STS
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01312/full