Studies into factors contributing to substrate specificity of membrane-bound 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthases

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4789-4798

  Blacklock, Brenda J ^a   Jaworski, Jan G ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 ketoacyl CoA synthase; Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassica napus; Fatty acid elongation

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID ELONGASE 1 (3 KETOACYL COA SYNTHASE); LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRASSICA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA NAPUS; DNA, PLANT; KINETICS; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036399243     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03176.x     Document Type: Article

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