Elucidation of active site residues of Arabidopsis thaliana flavonol synthase provides a molecular platform for engineering flavonols

Phytochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-75

  Chua, Chun Song ^a   Biermann, Daniela ^a,b   Goo, Kian Sim ^a   Sim, Tiow Suan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 Oxoglutarate dependent dioxygenase; Arabidopsis thaliana; Cruciferae; Flavonoids; Flavonol synthase; Quercetin; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOL SYNTHASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; COENZYMES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; QUERCETIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 37149028926     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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