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Unprecedented Lipoxygenase/Hydroperoxide Lyase Pathways in the Moss Physcomitrella patens
Author(s) -
Wichard Thomas,
Göbel Cornelia,
Feussner Ivo,
Pohnert Georg
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200460686
Subject(s) - physcomitrella patens , moss , lipoxygenase , arachidonic acid , protonema , botany , biochemistry , chemistry , biology , enzyme , gene , mutant
Weapons of moss destruction : Previously unknown lipoxygenase biosynthetic pathways in the moss Physcomitrella patens transform arachidonic acid into metabolites typical of animals, plants, algae, and mushrooms when the moss is damaged (see scheme). In this way metabolic themes from all these organisms are combined uniquely.