Main Reaction: 4-hydroxybenzoic acid + geranyl-diphosphate (GPP) >> shikonin

Reference: PubMed ID: 10350083
Authors: Sommer S, Köhle A, Yazaki K, Shimomura K, Bechthold A, Heide L
Title: Genetic engineering of shikonin biosynthesis hairy root cultures of Lithospermum erythrorhizon transformed with the bacterial ubiC gene.
Published: 1999 Mar

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