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Literature summary for 2.1.1.158 extracted from

  • Uefuji, H.; Tatsumi, Y.; Morimoto, M.; Kaothien-Nakayama, P.; Ogita, S.; Sano, H.
    Caffeine production in tobacco plants by simultaneous expression of three coffee N-methyltranferases and its potential as a pest repellant (2005), Plant Mol. Biol., 59, 221-227.
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Application

Application Comment Organism
agriculture expression of the caffeine biosynthesis enzymes in transgenic crop plants amay protect against the crop damaging larvae of pests Coffea arabica

Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
isozyme XMT1, functional expression in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plant leaves Coffea arabica

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
additional information transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plant leaves expressing all three enzymes required for the biosynthesis of caffeine are no longer eaten by the tobacco cutworm caterpillars, Spodoptera litura, overview Coffea arabica

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + xanthosine Coffea arabica
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S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 7-methylxanthosine
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Coffea arabica Q9AVK0 isozyme XMT1; isozyme XMT1
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + xanthosine
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Coffea arabica S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 7-methylxanthosine
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
XMT1
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Coffea arabica