Purification and characterization of taxa-4(5),11(12)-diene synthase from pacific yew (taxus brevifolia) that catalyzes the first committed step of taxol biosynthesis

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 437-444

  Hezari, Mehri ^a   Lewis, Norman G ^a   Croteau, Rodney ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE; DITERPENOID; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; PACLITAXEL; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALKENES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DITERPENES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ISOMERASES; MAGNESIUM; PACLITAXEL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

ABIES GRANDIS; GYMNOSPERMAE; PINUS CONTORTA; TAXUS; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA;

EID: 0029087870     PISSN: 00039861     EISSN: 10960384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1995.1486     Document Type: Article

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