Production of three O-methhylated esculetins with Escherichia coli expressing O-methyltransferase from poplar

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1269-1272

  Kim, Bong Gyu ^a   Lee, Youngshim ^a   Hur, Hor Gil ^b   Lim, Yoongho ^a   Ahn, Joong Hoon ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Esculetin; O methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; ESCULETIN; O-METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ESCULETIN; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; SCOPARONE; SCOPOLETIN; UMBELLIFERONE DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COUMARINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METHYLATION; PLANT PROTEINS; POPULUS; PROTEIN O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; SCOPOLETIN; UMBELLIFERONES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646785087     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.1269     Document Type: Article

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