Cytochrome P450s in flavonoid metabolism

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 271-282

  Ayabe, Shin Ichi ^a   Akashi, Tomoyoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aliphatic hydroxylation; Aromatic hydroxylation; Flavonoid skeleton formation; Isoflavonoid; Phytoalexins

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYISOFLAVANONE SYNTHASE; 3' HYDROXYLASE; 3,9 DIHYDROXYPTEROCARPAN 6A HYDROXYLASE; ANTHOCYANIN; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 71D9; CYTOCHROME P450 75; CYTOCHROME P450 81E; CYTOCHROME P450 93A; CYTOCHROME P450 93B; CYTOCHROME P450 93C; ENZYME; FLAVANONE 2 HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE SYNTHASE II; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOID 3',5' HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONOID 6 HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONOL 6 HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GLYCEOL; GLYCEOLLIN; ISOFLAVONE 2' HYDROXYLASE; ISOFLAVONE 3' HYDROXYLASE; ISOFLAVONOID; OXYGENASE; PHYTOALEXIN; PTEROCARPAN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROXYLATION; LEGUME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW;

EID: 33845431238     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-006-9007-3     Document Type: Review

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