Figure 1From: De novo sequencing and analysis of the American ginseng root transcriptome using a GS FLX Titanium platform to discover putative genes involved in ginsenoside biosynthesisPutative ginsenoside biosynthetic pathway in American ginseng. AACT, acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase; AS, β-amyrin synthase; CAS, cycloartenol synthase; DS, dammarenediol-II synthase; FPS, farnesyl diphosphate synthase; GT, glycosyltransferase; HMGR, HMG-CoA reductase; HMGS, HMG-CoA synthase; IDI, isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase; MDD, mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase; MK, mevalonate kinase; P450, cytochrome P450; PMK, phosphomevalonate kinase; Rb-1, ginsenoside Rb-1; Rg-1, ginsenoside Rg-1; Ro, ginsenoside Ro; SQE, squalene epoxidase; and SQS, squalene synthase.Back to article page