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SUBMITTER: Zhang M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3790869 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Man M Liu Jianyu J Li Kai K Yu Deyue D
PloS one 20131004 10
Terpenes are important defensive compounds against herbivores and pathogens. Here, we report the identification of a new monoterpene synthase gene, GmNES, from soybean. The transcription of GmNES was up-regulated in soybean plants that were infested with cotton leafworm (Prodenia litura), mechanically wounded or treated with salicylic acid (SA). Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis revealed that recombinant GmNES enzyme exclusively produced nerol, generated from a newly identifi ...[more]