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SAM:benzoic acid carboxyl methyltransferase; converts benzoic acid to methyl benzoate (floral odor)

Design Notes

• There are two Met codons at the N-terminus of the protein (putative codons 1 and 4). It is believed that the first Met codon is the actual start of the protein. Reference:

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1. Dudareva pmid=11051108

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1. Forward primer (5' -> 3'): GTT TCT TCG AAT TCG CGG CCG CTT CTA GAT GAA AGT GAT GAA GAA AC
2. Reverse primer (5' -> 3'): GTT TCT TCC TGC AGC GGC CGC TAC TAG TAT TAT TAT CTC CTA CTT AGA GAA ACT AC

• Bases 1-18 of the original A. majus sequence (gccggacgccaaagaaaa) were deleted. Thus, this sequence begins with the first start codon.
• A silent mutation (A -> G) was made at base 702 to eliminate an SpeI cut site.
• The original stop codon (TGA at bp 1093) was deleted and a double TAA stop was inserted

Source

Species: Antirrhinum majus (Snapdragon flower)

Genbank accession number(s): [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?db=nuccore&id=9789276 AF198492]

We got this cDNA from Natalia Dudareva, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University.

References

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1. Murfitt pmid=11051108
2. Dudareva pmid=10852939

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