Enzymatic conversion of averufin to hydroxyversicolorone and elucidation of a novel metabolic grid involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-73

  Yabe, Kimiko ^a   Chihaya, Naomi ^a   Hamamatsu, Shioka ^a   Sakuno, Emi ^b   Hamasaki, Takashi ^b   Nakajima, Hiromitsu ^b   Bennett, J W ^c  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELLS; FUNGI; HYDROGENATION; METABOLISM;

METABOLIC GRID;

ENZYMES;

AFLATOXIN; AVERUFIN; DICHLORVOS; HYDROXYVERSICOLORONE; MYCOTOXIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CATALYSIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; FUNGAL METABOLISM; HYDROGENATION; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AFLATOXINS; ANTHRAQUINONES; ASPERGILLUS; CELL EXTRACTS; CYTOSOL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0037226621     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.66-73.2003     Document Type: Article

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