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SUBMITTER: Saema S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4854344 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saema Syed S ur Rahman Laiq L Niranjan Abhishek A Ahmad Iffat Zareen IZ Misra Pratibha P
Plant signaling & behavior 20150101 12
Sterol glycosyltransferases (SGTs) belong to family 1 of glycosyltransferases (GTs) and are enzymes responsible for synthesis of sterol-glucosides (SGs) in many organisms. WsSGTL1 is a SGT of Withania somnifera that has been found associated with plasma membranes. However its biological function in W.somnifera is largely unknown. In the present study, we have demonstrated through RNAi silencing of WsSGTL1 gene that it performs glycosylation of withanolides and sterols resulting in glycowithanoli ...[more]