A newly-detected reductase from Rauvolfia closes a gap in the biosynthesis of the antiarrhythmic alkaloid ajmaline

Planta Medica

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 906-911

  Gao, Shujuan ^a   Von Schumann, Gerald ^a   Stöckigt, Joachim ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,2 dihydrovomilenine reductase; Ajmaline biosynthesis; Apocynaceae; Cell suspension culture; Rauvolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIHYDROVOMILENINE REDUCTASE; AJMALINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; CELL SUSPENSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANT; PLANT CELL CULTURE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA;

AJMALINE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAUWOLFIA;

APOCYNACEAE; RAUVOLFIA; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA;

EID: 0036774746     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34935     Document Type: Article

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