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PLANT CELL REPORTS
Volume 24, Issue 5, Pages 304-311Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0927-y
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beta-amyrin synthase; Centella asiatica; oxidosqualene cyclases; triterpene saponins
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A homology-based PCR method was used to clone a cDNA encoding oxidosqualene cyclase from Centella asiatica, which produces a large quantity of triterpene saponins such as asiaticoside and madecassoside. Sequence analysis of one clone found sequences related to beta-amyrin synthase. An open reading frame in the full-length clone was named CabAS (Centella asiatica putative beta-amyrin synthase). On the basis of amino acid sequence, CabAS appears to be an enzyme (beta-amyrin synthase) that synthesizes beta-amyrin. Southern analysis showed that the C. asiatica genome contains one copy of the CabAS gene. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that the CabAS gene is expressed in leaves with no detectable transcript in other plant tissues, consistent with the organ-specific accumulation of the asiaticoside. Up-regulation of expression of CabAS by methyl jasmonate in leaves was also demonstrated.
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