Purification and characterization of O-methyltransferase I involved in conversion of demethylsterigmatocystin to sterigmatocystin and of dihydrodemethylsterigmatocystin to dihydrosterigmatocystin during aflatoxin biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 166-171

  Yabe, Kimiko ^a,c   Matsushima, Ken Ichiro ^a,d   Koyama, Takumi ^a   Hamasaki, Takashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d KIKKOMAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NONHUMAN; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 0031975092     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.1.166-171.1998     Document Type: Article

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