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CYP51s


P450 Function Plant Species
CYP51 : obtusifolial 14-alpha-demethylase sorghum, wheat
CYP51Nt obtusifolial 14-alpha-demethylase tobacco
CYP51G1 / G2 obtusifolial 14-alpha-demethylase Arabidopsis


CYP51:   obtusifolial 14-alpha-demethylase, sorghum, wheat.
1)  Bak S, Kahn RA, Olsen CE, Halkier BA  (1997)  Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of the obtusifoliol 14 alpha-demethylase of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, a cytochrome P450 orthologous to the sterol 14 alpha-demethylases (CYP51) from fungi and mammals.  Plant J 11: 191-201.  PubMed
2)  Cabello-Hurtado F, Taton M, Forthoffer N, Kahn R, Bak S, Rahier A, Werck-Reichhart D  (1999)  Optimized expression and catalytic properties of a wheat obtusifolial 14-alpha-demethylase (CYP51) expressed in yeast. Complementation of erg11Delta yeast mutants by plant CYP51.  Eur J Biochem 262: 435-446.  PubMed
3)  Yoshida Y, Aoyama Y, Noshiro M, Gotoh O  (2000)  Sterol 14-demethylase P450 (CYP51) provides a breakthrough for the discussion on the evolution of cytochrome P450 gene superfamily.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun 273: 799-804.  PubMed

CYP51:   obtusifolial 14-alpha-demethylase, tobacco.
Burger C, Rondet S, Benveniste P, Schaller H  (2003)  Virus-induced silencing of sterol biosynthesis genes; identification of a Nicotiana tabacum L. obtusifolial-14 alpha-demethylase (CYP51) by genetic manipulation of the sterol biosynthetic pathway in Nicotiana benthamania L.  J Exp Bot 54: 1675-1683.  PubMed

CYP51G1 (CYP51A2):  CYP51G2 (CYP51A1):   obtusifolial 14alpha-demethylase, Arabidopsis.
Kushiro M, Nakano T, Sato K, Yamagishi K, Asami T, Nakano A, Takatsuto S, Fujioka S, Ebizuka Y, Yoshida S  (2001)  Obtusifolial 14alpha-demethylase (CYP51) antisense Arabidopsis shows slow growth and long life.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun 285: 98-104.  PubMed


Comments? Questions?   email:  joan.krochko@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca   website:  P450s in Plants
Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan   CANADA   S7N0W9
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