A Conifer UDP-Sugar Dependent Glycosyltransferase Contributes to Acetophenone Metabolism and Defense against Insects1[OPEN]
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Melissa H. Mageroy, Sharon Jancsik, Macaire Man Saint Yuen, Michael Fischer, Stephen G. Withers, Christian Paetz, Bernd Schneider, John Mackay, and Joerg Bohlmann Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research, NO-1430 As, Norway Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z1, Canada Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, D-07745 Jena, Germany Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec G1V0A6, Canada Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada
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A Conifer UDP-Sugar Dependent Glycosyltransferase Contributes to Acetophenone Metabolism and Defense against Insects.
Acetophenones are phenolic compounds involved in the resistance of white spruce (Picea glauca) against spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferiana), a major forest pest in North America. The acetophenones pungenol and piceol commonly accumulate in spruce foliage in the form of the corresponding glycosides, pungenin and picein. These glycosides appear to be inactive against the insect but can be c...
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