Deduced amino acid sequence comparison of DBAT (accession no. AF193765)
from T. cuspidata,
taxadien-5α-ol-O-acetyl transferase (TAT, accession
no. AF190130) from T. cuspidata, benzylalcohol acetyl
transferase (BEAT, accession no. AF043464) from Clarkia
breweri, and deacetylvindoline-4-O-acetyl
transferase (DAT, accession no. AF053307) from Catharanthus
roseus. Residues boxed in black indicate positional identity
for at least two of the compared sequences; similar amino acids are
indicated by gray shading. Asterisks (*) indicate conserved
residues in all acetyl transferase sequences of plant origin. Pound
signs (#) indicate a putative acyl group transfer motif (HXXXDG)
present in three of the four sequences. The alignment was created with
the pileup program (Wisconsin Package Version 9.0; Genetics
Computer Group, Madison, WI).