Purification and characterization of UDP-glucose: Curcumin glucoside 1,6-glucosyltransferase from Catharanthus roseus cell suspension cultures

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1635-1643

  Oguchi, Yukie ^a   Masada, Sayaka ^a   Kondo, Toshiya ^b   Terasaka, Kazuyoshi ^a   Mizukami, Hajime ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,6 Glucosyltransferase; Catharanthus roseus; Characterization; Curcumin glucoside; Purification

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATHARANTHUS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM;

CATHARANTHUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CURCUMIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT PROTEINS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

EID: 36249029106     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm138     Document Type: Article

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