A flavonol O-methyltransferase from Catharanthus roseus performing two sequential methylations

Phytochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-137

  Cacace, Sabrina ^a   Schröder, Gudrun ^a   Wehinger, Elke ^a   Strack, Dieter ^b   Schmidt, Jürgen ^b   Schröder, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Catharanthus roseus; Flavonoids; Homology based cDNA cloning; Madagascar periwinkle; O Methyltransferase; Recombinant protein expression

Indexed keywords

16 HYDROXYTABERSONINE O METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADENOSINE; AGAROSE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIHYDROFLAVONOL; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOL O METHYLTRANSFERASE; INDOLE ALKALOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MYRICETIN; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATHARANTHUS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CELL CULTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT CELL; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATHARANTHUS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

APOCYNACEAE; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0038118144     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00483-1     Document Type: Article

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