The Aspergillus nidulans enzyme TdiB catalyzes prenyltransfer to the precursor of bioactive asterriquinones

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 302-309

  Schneider, Patrick ^a   Weber, Monika ^a   Hoffmeister, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Asterriquinone; Natural products; Prenyltransferase; Secondary metabolism; Terrequinone A

Indexed keywords

ASTERRIQUINONE C 1; CATION; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; DINORASTERRIQUINONE D; FUNGAL ENZYME; METAL; PROTEIN TDIB; PYROPHOSPHATE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TERREQUINONE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INDOLES; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 38849108030     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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