Volume 515: Natural Product Biosynthesis by Microorganisms and Plants, Part A, 1st Edition

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This new volume of Methods in Enzymology continues the legacy of this premier serial by containing quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. The first of 3 volumes covering Natural product biosynthesis by microorganisms and plants, it has chapters on such topics as Kinetics of plant sesquiterpene synthases, Terpenoid biosynthesis in fungi, and plant Type III polyketide synthases.

Natural Product Biosynthesis by Microorganisms and Plants, Part A, 1st Edition

1. Steady-state kinetic characterization of sesquiterpene synthases by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy
   Steven R. Garrett, Richard J. Morris, and Paul E. O’Maille
   
2. Automating gene library synthesis by structure-based combinatorial protein engineering (SCOPE): examples from plant sesquiterpene synthases
   Melissa Dokarry, Caroline Laurendon, Paul E. O’Maille
   
3. In planta Transient Expression Analysis of Monoterpene Synthases
   Sol A. Green, Xiuyin Chen and Adam J. Matich
   
4. Natural Rubber Biosynthesis in Plants: Rubber Transferase
   Katrina Cornish and Wenshuang Xie
   
5. Discovery and Characterization of Terpenoid Biosynthetic Pathways of Fungi
   Grayson T. Wawrzyn, Sarah E. Bloch and Claudia Schmidt-Dannert
   
6. Menaquinone biosyntheses in microorganisms
   Tohru Dairi
   
7. Diversity and analysis of bacterial terpene synthases
   Yuuki Yamada, David E. Cane and Haruo Ikeda
   
8. Platensimycin and platencin biosynthesis in Streptomyces platensis, showcasing discovery and characterization of novel bacterial diterpene synthases
   Michael J. Smanski, Ryan M. Peterson, and Ben Shen
   
9. Strategies for Engineering Plant Natural Products:The Iridoid-Derived Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids of Catharanthus roseus
   Sarah O'Connor
   
10. Discovery and functional analysis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid pathways in plants
    Vincenzo De Luca, Vonny Salim, Dylan Levac1, Sayaka Masada Atsumi and Fang Yu
    
11. Biochemical Genomics for Gene Discovery in Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Opium Poppy and Related Species
    Thu Thuy T. Dang, Akpevwe Onoyovwi, Scott C. Farrow and Peter J. Facchini
    
12. Analysis and modification of ergot alkaloid profiles in fungi
    Daniel G. Panaccione, Katy L. Ryan, Christopher L. Schardl, and Simona Florea
    
13. Engineering of glucosinolate biosynthesis: candidate gene identification and validation
    Morten E Møldrup, Bo Salomonsen, Barbara A Halkier
    
14. Structure, function and evolutionary analyses of the plant type III polyketide synthase family
    Jing-Ke Weng and Joseph P. Noel
    
15. Engineering of plant type III polyketide synthases
    Toshiyuki Wakimoto, Hiroyuki Morita, and Ikuro Abe
    
16. Type III polyketide synthases in microorganisms
    Yohei Katsuyama and Yasuo Ohnishi