4-Hydroxybenzoate 3-geranyltransferase from Lithospermum erythrorhizon: Purification of a plant membrane-bound prenyltransferase

Planta

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 407-413

  Mühlenweg, Agnes ^a   Melzer, Martin ^a   Li, Shu Ming ^a   Heide, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geranyltransferase; Lithospermum; Methyl jasmonate; Prenyltransferase; Shikonin

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOATE 3 GERANYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; PHYTOALEXIN; SHIKONIN;

ACETIC ACIDS; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOPENTANES; DIGITONIN; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLANTS; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 2142835098     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050337     Document Type: Article

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