β-Amyrin synthase. Cloning of oxidosqualene cyclase that catalyzes the formation of the most popular triterpene among higher plants

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 238-244

  Kushiro, Tetsuo ^a   Shibuya, Masaaki ^a   Ebizuka, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyrin synthase; Cycloartenol synthase; Oxidosqualene cyclase; Panax ginseng; Triterpene

Indexed keywords

BETA AMYRIN; SYNTHETASE; TRITERPENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; GINSENG; HIGHER PLANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLEANOLIC ACID; PANAX; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SQUALENE; TRITERPENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 0032529028     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2560238.x     Document Type: Article

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