Cloning and characterization of farnesyl diphosphate synthase from the rubber-producing mushroom Lactarius chrysorrheus

• Main Authors: Dararat Mekkriengkrai, Tomoki Sando, Kazutake Hirooka, Jitladda Sakdapipanich, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Ei Ichiro Fukusaki, Akio Kobayashi
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/21135

Farnesyl diphosphate is involved in rubber biosynthesis as an initiating substrate for both polyprenol and mushroom rubber. So far, we have isolated the cDNA of a farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPS) for the first time from a rare rubber-producing mushroom, Lactarius chrysorrheus, by the degenerate R...