Purification and characterization of caffeine synthase from tea leaves

Plant Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 579-586

  Kato, Misako ^a   Mizuno, Kouichi ^b   Fujimura, Tatsuhito ^b   Iwama, Masanori ^c   Irie, Masachika ^c   Crozier, Alan ^d   Ashihara, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 METHYLXANTHINE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAFFEINE; CAFFEINE SYNTHASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FRACTIONATION; GEL FILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARAXANTHINE; PH; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THEOBROMINE; XANTHOSINE 5' MONOPHOSPHATE;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0033150268     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.120.2.579     Document Type: Article

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