Characterization of the critical amino acids of an Aspergillus parasiticus cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase encoded by ordA that is involved in the biosynthesis of aflatoxins B1, G1, B2, and G2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4834-4841

  Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Chang, Perng Kuang ^a   Ehrlich, Kenneth C ^a   Cary, Jeffrey W ^a   Montalbano, Beverly ^a   Dyer, John M ^a   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a   Cleveland, Thomas E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; AMINO ACID; CYTOCHROME P450; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031764374     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4834-4841.1998     Document Type: Article

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