Characterization of raffinose synthase from rice (Oryza sativa L. var. Nipponbare)

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 635-640

  Li, Suhong ^a   Li, Tuoping ^b   Kim, Wook Dong ^c   Kitaoka, Motomitsu ^c   Yoshida, Shigeki ^a   Nakajima, Mitsutoshi ^c   Kobayashi, Hideyuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TIANJIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceptor; Raffinose synthase; Rice (Oryza sativa L. var. Nipponbare); Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

RAFFINOSE SYNTHASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CLONING; CROPS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

ENZYME KINETICS;

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; RAFFINOSE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; RICE;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; ORYZA SATIVA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CLONES; GENES; RICE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 33847700091     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9268-3     Document Type: Article

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