Bleaching herbicide norflurazon inhibits phytoene desaturase by competition with the cofactors

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 5270-5272

  Breitenbach, J ^a   Zhu, C ^a   Sandmann, G ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bleaching herbicides; Competitive inhibitor; Enzyme kinetics; Norflurazon; Phytoene desaturase

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HERBICIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NORFLURAZON; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; PHYTOENE DESATURASE; PLASTOQUINONE; PRIMER DNA; PYRIDAZINE DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENTIANACEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENTIANACEAE; HERBICIDES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PYRIDAZINES;

CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GENTIANA LUTEA; GENTIANACEAE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0035183643     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0106751     Document Type: Article

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