Farnesol oxidation in insects: Evidence that the biosynthesis of insect juvenile hormone is mediated by a specific alcohol oxidase

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-178

  Sperry, Andrea E ^a   Sen, Stephanie E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol oxidase; Farnesal; Farnesol; Juvenile hormone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL OXIDASE; FARNESOL; FARNESOL DEHYDROGENASE; JUVENILE HORMONE; NICOTINAMIDE; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CORPUS ALLATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CORPORA ALLATA; FARNESOL; JUVENILE HORMONES; MANDUCA; NIACINAMIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TYROSINE;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0035121376     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(00)00115-6     Document Type: Article

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