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Table 2 Statistics of putative genes involved in camptothecin biosynthesisa

From: Pyrosequencing of the Camptotheca acuminata transcriptome reveals putative genes involved in camptothecin biosynthesis and transport

Enzyme code

Name of enzyme

Number of unigenes in cDNA library

Number of ESTs in cDNA library

Number of nucleotides in GenBank

2.3.1.9

acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase

2

15

0

2.3.3.10

HMG-CoA synthase

4

7

1

1.1.1.34

HMG-CoA reductase

2

9

3

2.7.1.36

mevalonate kinase

1

5

0

2.7.4.2

phosphomevalonate kinase

2

2

0

4.1.1.33

mevalonate-5-diphosphate decarboxylase

2

6

0

2.2.1.7

DXP synthase

8

105

0

1.1.1.267

DXP reductoisomerase

1

19

1

2.7.7.60

MEP cytidylyltransferase

0

0

0

2.7.1.148

CDP-ME kinase

3

3

0

4.6.1.12

MECDP synthase

1

1

0

1.17.7.1

4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl-diphosphate synthase

1

33

0

1.17.1.2

4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl-diphosphate reductase

1

13

0

5.3.3.2

isopentenyl-PP isomerase

2

11

1

2.5.1.10

farnesyl diphosphate synthase

4

13

0

1.14.14.1

geraniol 10-hydroxylase

1

11

0

1.-.-.-

10-HG oxidoreductase

3

84

1

1.3.3.9

secologanin synthase

17

165

0

4.2.1.20

β-subunit of tryptophan synthase

4

4

2

4.1.1.28

tryptophan decarboxylase

1

1

2

4.3.3.2

strictosidine synthase

6

14

0

Total number

66

521

11

  1. Notes: a--Total numbers when annotated against Nr, Swissprot and Kegg databases.