Application | Comment | Organism |
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synthesis | trans-cinnamic acid (tCA) and hydrocinnamyl alcohol (HcinOH) are valuable aromatic compounds with applications in the flavour, fragrance and cosmetic industry. Production in transgenic Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain strain MGY0.06 expressing phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL, from Photorhabdus luminescens) and an aryl carboxylic acid reductase, as well as UDP-glucose:cinnamate glucosyltransferase FaGT2 from from Fragaria ananassa. Overview of the heterologous pathway | Fragaria x ananassa |
Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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gene GT2, recombinant expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain CEN.PK113-7D, coexpression with phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL, from Photorhabdus luminescens) and an aryl carboxylic acid reductase, resulting in strain MGY0.06 | Fragaria x ananassa |
Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
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additional information | production of trans-cinnamic acid (tCA) and hydrocinnamyl alcohol (HcinOH) in transgenic Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain MGY0.06 expressing phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL, from Photorhabdus luminescens) and an aryl carboxylic acid reductase, as well as UDP-glucose:cinnamate glucosyltransferase FaGT2 from from Fragaria ananassa. Overview of the heterologous pathway. Optimisation of the biosynthesis pathway for tCA and HcinOH production | Fragaria x ananassa |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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UDP-glucose + trans-cinnamate | Fragaria x ananassa | - |
UDP + trans-cinnamoyl beta-D-glucoside | - |
? |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Fragaria x ananassa | Q66PF4 | i.e. Fragaria chiloensis x Fragaria virginiana | - |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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fruit | green immature strawberry fruits are the main source of gallic acid, beta-glucogallin, and ellagic acid in accordance with the highest GT2 gene expression levels | Fragaria x ananassa | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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additional information | the enzyme shows substrate promiscuity as it forms glucose esters of a variety of (hydroxyl)benzoic and (hydroxyl)cinnamic acids | Fragaria x ananassa | ? | - |
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UDP-glucose + trans-cinnamate | - |
Fragaria x ananassa | UDP + trans-cinnamoyl beta-D-glucoside | - |
? |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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FaGT2 | - |
Fragaria x ananassa |
UDP-glucose:cinnamate glucosyltransferase | - |
Fragaria x ananassa |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | the enzyme catalyzes the formation of 1-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucopyranose (beta-glucogallin) the precursor of ellagitannin biosynthesis | Fragaria x ananassa |