Arabidopsis camelliol C synthase evolved from enzymes that make pentacycles

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 5223-5226

  Kolesnikova, Mariya D ^a   Wilson, William K ^a   Lynch, David A ^a   Obermeyer, Allie C ^a   Matsuda, Seiichi P T ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIOL C; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRITERPENES;

EID: 37249011225     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702399g     Document Type: Article

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