Multiple mutagenesis of P450 isoflavonoid synthase reveals a key active-site residue

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 907-913

  Sawada, Yuji ^a   Ayabe, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Homology modeling; Isoflavonoid biosynthesis; Leguminosae; Molecular evolution; Site directed mutagenesis; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 93C2; FLAVANONE; FLAVONE; ISOFLAVONOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 16244404948     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.03.053     Document Type: Article

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