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Table 1 Enzymes involved in lignan biosynthetic pathway of I. indigotica

From: Isatis indigotica: from (ethno) botany, biochemistry to synthetic biology

Name

Enzyme

Gene ID

Substrate

Product

Reference

Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase

PAL1

–

Phenylalanine

trans-Cinnamic acid

Ma et al., 2016

PAL2

–

Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase

C4H

GU014562

Cinnamic acid

4-Coumaric acid

Hu et al., 2015

4-Coumarate CoA ligase

4CL

GQ872418

–

–

Di et al., 2012

4CL2

KC430622

4-Coumaroyl acid; caffeic acid; ferulic acid; sinapic acid

4-Coumaroyl CoA;caffeoyl CoA et al.

Zhang et al., 2016a

4CL3

KC430623

Caffeic acid; ferulic acid

Caffeoyl CoA; Feruloyl CoA

Zhang et al., 2016b

Coumaric acid 3-hydroxylase

C3H

JF826963

4-Coumaroyl CoA

Caffeoyl CoA

Chen et al., 2015

Caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase

CCoAOMT

DQ115904

Caffeoyl CoA

Feruloyl CoA

Li et al., 2021

Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase

CCR

GQ872418

Cinnamoyl CoA esters

Cinnamaldehydes

Hu et al., 2011

Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase

CAD

GU937874

Cinnamyl aldehydes

Cinnamyl alcohols

Hu, 2010

Hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA shikimate/ quinate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase

HCT

–

p-Coumaroyl CoA; caffeoyl shikimate

p-Coumaroyl shikimate; caffeoyl CoA

Dong et al., 2015

Dirigent protein

DIR1, DIR2

–

Coniferyl alcohol

Pinoresinol

Li et al., 2014; Chen, 2018

Pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductase

PLR1

JF264893

Pinoresinol; lariciresinol

Lariciresinol; secoisolariciresinol

Xiao et al., 2015; Xiao et al., 2021

UDP-glucuronosyltransferase

UGT71B5a

MW051594

Pinoresinol; lariciresinol; secoisolariciresinol; matairesnol

Glycosylation products

Chen et al., 2021b

UGT71B5b

MW051595

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