Aristolochene synthase: Mechanistic analysis of active site residues by site-directed mutagenesis

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 7212-7221

  Felicetti, Brunella ^a   Cane, David E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; MUTAGENESIS; PHOSPHATES; REDUCTION;

GERMACRENE; LEWIS ACIDS;

ENZYMES;

AMINO ACID; ARISTOLOCHENE; ARISTOLOCHENE SYNTHASE; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERMACRENE A; GERMACRENE D; LEWIS ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALENCENE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME KINETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; MAGNESIUM BINDING DOMAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM ROQUEFORTI; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ASPARTIC ACID; ASPERGILLUS; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOMERASES; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PENICILLIUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SESQUITERPENES, GERMACRANE; TEMPERATURE; TYROSINE;

EID: 2942558483     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0499593     Document Type: Article

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