Table 5 Discovery of unigenes involved in sesquiterpenoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis in A. chinensis

MVA

Acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase

AACT

27

3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase

HMGS

35

3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase

HMGR

31

mevalonate kinase

MK

2

phosphomevalonate kinase

PMK

38

Mevalonate-5-pyrophosphate decarboxylase

MDC

8

Geranyl diphosphate synthase

GPPS

39

Farnesyl diphosphate synthase

FPPS

10

Isopentenyl-diphosphate delta-isomerase

IPPI

19

Mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylase

MVD

8

Isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase

IDI

13

Farnesyl diphosphate synthase

FDPS

10

MEP

1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase

DXPS

74

1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase

DXR

22

2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate cytidylyl transferase

MCT

22

4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol kinase

CMK

1

4-hydroxy-3-methyl but-2-(E)-enyl-diphosphate synthase

HDS

36

4-hydroxy-3-methyl but-2-(E)-enyl-diphosphate reductase

HDR

14

Sesquiterpenoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis

Beta-caryophyllene synthase

QHS1

5

Germacrene D synthase

GDS

9

Germacrene A synthase

GAS

1

Sesquiterpene synthase

TPS

7

Squalene synthase

SS

36

Squalene epoxidase

SE

71

Dammarenediol-II synthase

DS

2