Aspergillus parasiticus cyclase catalyzes two dehydration steps in aflatoxin biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2999-3006

  Sakuno, Emi ^a,b   Wen, Ying ^a,c   Hatabayashi, Hidemi ^a   Arai, Hatsue ^a   Aoki, Chiemi ^a   Yabe, Kimiko ^a   Nakajima, Hiromitsu ^b  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; REACTION KINETICS;

AFLATOXIN; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CYCLASE ACTIVITY; CYTOSOLIC ENZYMES;

ENZYMES;

AFLATOXIN; CYCLASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; NONHUMAN;

AFLATOXINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRAQUINONES; ASPERGILLUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDRO-LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 20444386171     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.2999-3006.2005     Document Type: Article

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