Structural basis for cyclic terpene biosynthesis by tobacco 5-epi- aristolochene synthase

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5333, 1997, Pages 1815-1820

  Starks, Courtney M ^a,b   Back, Kyoungwhan ^c   Chappell, Joseph ^c   Noel, Joseph P ^a,b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BINDING SITES; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTONS; SESQUITERPENES; TOBACCO; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 0030796451     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5333.1815     Document Type: Article

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