TerSynDB

Plant Species

Sesamum indicum


Plant Species

Common Name

Clade

Family

Sesamum indicum Oriental sesame Angiosperms Pedaliaceae
Description
Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum, also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods or uns". The world harvested 6.2 million metric tonnes of sesame seeds in 2014

Terpene synthase sequences

TerSynDB

Terpene synthase C terminal domain sequence

Sesamum indicum

Terpene synthase N terminal domain sequence

Sesamum indicum

Terpene synthase UniProtKB Sequences entries

Sesamum indicum

 

References

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