Enzymatic and genetic characterization of firefly luciferase and Drosophila CG6178 as a fatty acyl-Coa synthetase

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 819-828

  Oba, Yuichi ^a   Sato, Mitsunori ^a   Ojika, Makoto ^a   Inouye, Satoshi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyl Coa synthetase; Bifunctional enzyme; Bioluminescence; Lauric acid; Ortholog gene

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LUMINESCENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SUBSTRATES;

BIFUNCTIONAL ENZYMES; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; LAUROYL COA; LUMINESCENCE REACTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

ACYL COENZYME A; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CG6178 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; LAURIC ACID; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LAUROYL COENZYME A; LAUROYL-COENZYME A; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

ACYL COENZYME A; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COENZYME A LIGASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; LAURIC ACIDS; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 20444364192     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.819     Document Type: Article

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