Identification of strictly conserved histidine and arginine residues as part of the active site in Petunia hybrida flavanone 3β-hydroxylase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 748-757

  Lukačin, Richard ^a   Britsch, Lothar ^b,c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

^c Department LPRO CHROM2 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

2 Oxoglutarate binding site; Flavanone 3 hydroxylase; Flavonoid biosynthesis; Iron coordination site; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

FLAVANONE; OXYGENASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 0030726204     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-2-00748.x     Document Type: Article

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