Involvement of Two Cytosolic Enzymes and a Novel Intermediate, 5′-Oxoaverantin, in the Pathway from 5′-Hydroxyaverantin to Averufin in Aflatoxin Biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6418-6426

  Sakuno, Emi ^a,b   Yabe, Kimiko ^b   Nakajima, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIMERS; ENZYMES; GENES;

CYTOSOLIC ENZYMES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

5' HYDROXYAVERANTIN; 5' HYDROXYAVERANTIN DEHYDROGENASE; 5' OXOAVERANTIN; 5' OXOAVERANTIN CYCLASE; AFLATOXIN; AMMONIUM SULFATE; AVERUFIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHA GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; GENE CLUSTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

AFLATOXINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRAQUINONES; ASPERGILLUS; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEPTIDES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0242657701     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.11.6418-6426.2003     Document Type: Article

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