Catalytic specificity of pea O-methyltransferases suggests gene duplication for (+)-pisatin biosynthesis

Phytochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2525-2530

  Akashi, Tomoyoshi ^a   VanEtten, Hans D ^b   Sawada, Yuji ^a   Wasmann, Catherine C ^b   Uchiyama, Hiroshi ^a   Ayabe, Shin ichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

(+) Pisatin; 2 Hydroxyisoflavanone; Glycyrrhiza echinata; Homology modeling; Leguminosae; Pisum sativum; Pterocarpan

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; PISATIN; PTEROCARPAN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; GENE DUPLICATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEAS; PTEROCARPANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FABACEAE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 33750741065     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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