Metabolism is the basic activity of life. Two in- ternational conferences, including the 4th Interna- tional Conference on Plant Metabolism （ICPM2017, http：//www.cspb.org.cn/2017/icpm.asp）, and the 13th Internation...Metabolism is the basic activity of life. Two in- ternational conferences, including the 4th Interna- tional Conference on Plant Metabolism （ICPM2017, http：//www.cspb.org.cn/2017/icpm.asp）, and the 13th International Meeting on Biosynthesis, Function and Synthetic Biology of Isoprenoids （TERPNET2017,http：//www.cspb.org.cn/2017/terpnet.asp） were concurrently convened side by side in Dalian from July 16 to 20, 2017.展开更多
The triennial International Conference on Plant Cell Wall Biology has been held 5 times since it was initiated in the United States. PCWB2017 for the first time is organized in China. The conference was attended with ...The triennial International Conference on Plant Cell Wall Biology has been held 5 times since it was initiated in the United States. PCWB2017 for the first time is organized in China. The conference was attended with more than 220 participants and featured with oral and poster presentations, reflecting the contemporarv status of plant cell wall studies.展开更多
Dear Editor, Plants produce a large range of triterpenoids that serve as chemical defenses against pathogens. For example, β-amyrin synthase （AsbAS1） performs the initial enzymatic step in the biosynthesis of the ...Dear Editor, Plants produce a large range of triterpenoids that serve as chemical defenses against pathogens. For example, β-amyrin synthase （AsbAS1） performs the initial enzymatic step in the biosynthesis of the potent antimicrobial avencins in oats （Haralampidis et al., 2001）. Additionally, other triterpenoids such as glycyrrhizin and QS21 are known to have beneficial or detrimental effects for human health （Osbourn et al., 2011）. For some time, heterologous expression of plant oxidos- qualene cyclases （OSCs） in yeast has been a powerful meth- odology for the functional characterization of this important family of triterpene biosynthetic enzymes.展开更多
文摘Metabolism is the basic activity of life. Two in- ternational conferences, including the 4th Interna- tional Conference on Plant Metabolism （ICPM2017, http：//www.cspb.org.cn/2017/icpm.asp）, and the 13th International Meeting on Biosynthesis, Function and Synthetic Biology of Isoprenoids （TERPNET2017,http：//www.cspb.org.cn/2017/terpnet.asp） were concurrently convened side by side in Dalian from July 16 to 20, 2017.
文摘The triennial International Conference on Plant Cell Wall Biology has been held 5 times since it was initiated in the United States. PCWB2017 for the first time is organized in China. The conference was attended with more than 220 participants and featured with oral and poster presentations, reflecting the contemporarv status of plant cell wall studies.
基金This work was supported by grants from the 973 Program （2013CB 127000） and the National Natural Science Foundation of China （30900114, 31170278, 30670167）.We thank Mengdi Zhao and Zhen Xue for technical assis- tance and Lixin Duan for comments and discussions. GC-MS analysis of the metabolites was conducted by using the Plant Metabolomics Platform of IBCAS. No conflict of interest declared.
文摘Dear Editor, Plants produce a large range of triterpenoids that serve as chemical defenses against pathogens. For example, β-amyrin synthase （AsbAS1） performs the initial enzymatic step in the biosynthesis of the potent antimicrobial avencins in oats （Haralampidis et al., 2001）. Additionally, other triterpenoids such as glycyrrhizin and QS21 are known to have beneficial or detrimental effects for human health （Osbourn et al., 2011）. For some time, heterologous expression of plant oxidos- qualene cyclases （OSCs） in yeast has been a powerful meth- odology for the functional characterization of this important family of triterpene biosynthetic enzymes.
