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ArticleActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2023

Unraveling the serial glycosylation in the biosynthesis of steroidal saponins in the medicinal plant

Yuegui Chen, Qin Yan, Yunheng Ji, Xue Bai, Desen Li, Rongfang Mu, Kai Guo, Minjie Yang, Yang Tao, Jonathan Gershenzon and 2 more

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Article in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuegui ChenState Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
Qin YanState Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
Yunheng JiKey Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
Xue BaiState Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
Desen LiState Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
Rongfang MuState Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
Kai GuoState Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Innovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Minjie YangState Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
Yang TaoState Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Innovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Jonathan GershenzonMax Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena D-07745, Germany.
Yan LiuState Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
Shenghong LiState Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
Kunming Institute of Botany · CNChengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNMax Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sugar-sugar glycosyltransferases play important roles in constructing complex and bioactive saponins. Here, we characterized a series of UDP-glycosyltransferases responsible for biosynthesizing the branched sugar chain of bioactive steroidal saponins from a widely known medicinal plant

Indexed as

Antifungal activityGlycosyltransferasesParis polyphylla var. yunnanensisSteroidal saponinsSugar chain elongation

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PMID37969733
PMCPMC10638507
OpenAlexW4378594157

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