Properties of a glucosyltransferase involved in crocin synthesis

Plant Science

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-63

  Côté, France ^a,b   Cormier, François ^a   Dufresne, Christiane ^a   Willemot, Claude ^b  

^a FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Crocetin; Crocus sativus; Glucosyltransferase; Glycosylation; Saffron

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUP; CROCETIN; CROCIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PIGMENT; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLYCOSYLATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0343049075     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00248-4     Document Type: Article

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