Global gene expression analyses of the alkamide-producing plant <i>Heliopsis longipes</i> supports a polyketide synthase-mediated biosynthesis pathway

Abstract

The global gene expression analysis led to the selection of a set of candidate genes involved in the biosynthesis of the acyl chain of affinin, suggesting that it may be performed by a non-iterative, partially reductive, four module type I PKS complex (PKS <i>alk</i>) previously thought to be absent from the plant kingdom.