Separation of the N-7 methyltransferase, the key enzyme in caffeine biosynthesis

Phytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1407-1414

  Waldhauser, Simone S Mösli ^a   Gillies, Fiona M ^b   Crozier, Alan ^b   Baumann, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7 methylxanthosine; 7 methyl XMP; 7 methylxanthine; Caffeine; Coffea arabica; N methyltransferase; Photoaffinity labelling; Purine alkaloids; Rubiaceae; SAM; Theobromine

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRITIUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AFFINITY LABELING; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATOFOCUSING; COFFEE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; PLANT LEAF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AFFINITY LABELS; CAFFEINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; COFFEE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRITIUM;

COFFEA ARABICA; RUBIACEAE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031213709     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00187-8     Document Type: Article

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