Functional Characterization of -Copalyl Diphosphate Synthase and Kaurene Synthase Genes from L.

The biochemical profile of coffee beans translates directly into quality traits, nutraceutical and health promoting properties of the coffee beverage. -kaurene is the ubiquitous precursor for gibberellin biosynthesis in plants, but it also serves as an intermediate in specialized (i.e.

A Bioinformatics Tool for Efficient Retrieval of High-Confidence Terpene Synthases (TPS) and Application to the Identification of TPS in Coffea and Quillaja.

Terpenoids are a class of compounds that are found in all living organisms. In plants, some terpenoids are part of primary metabolism, but most terpenes found in plants are classified as specialized metabolites, encoded by terpene synthases (TPS). It is not obvious how to assign the putative product of a given TPS using bioinformatics tools.

Genetic Progress of Seed Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Brazilian Common Bean Cultivars Using Bayesian Approaches.

Common bean ( L.) is one of the most important crops worldwide and is considered an essential source of proteins, fibers, and minerals in the daily diet of several countries. Nitrogen (N) is considered the most important nutrient for common bean crop.

Low-Copy Genes in Terpenoid Metabolism: The Evolution and Expression of and Genes in Angiosperms.

Terpenoids are a diverse class of metabolites that impact plant metabolism in response to environmental cues. They are synthesized either via a predominantly cytosolic (MVA) pathway or a plastidic pathway (MEP). In , several enzymes from the MVA and MEP pathways are encoded by gene families, excluding and , which are single-copy genes.

Transcriptional patterns of L. nitrate reductase, glutamine and asparagine synthetase genes are modulated under nitrogen suppression and coffee leaf rust.

This study evaluated the transcriptional profile of genes related to nitrogen (N) assimilation in coffee plants susceptible and resistant to rust fungi under N sufficiency and N suppression. For this purpose, we inoculated young coffee leaves with uredospores and collected them at 0, 12, 24 and 48 hours post-inoculation (HPI) to evaluate the relative expressions of genes encoding cytosolic ( ), plastid ( ), (), and (). The genes exhibited distinct patterns of transcriptional modulation for the different genotypes and N nutritional regimes.