Arabidopsis glycosyltransferases as biocatalysts in fermentation for regioselective synthesis of diverse quercetin glucosides

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 623-631

  Lim, Eng Kiat ^a   Ashford, David A ^a   Hou, Bingkai ^a   Jackson, Rosamond G ^a   Bowles, Dianna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Glycosyltransferases; Regioselective glucosylation

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; METABOLITES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GLUCOSYLATION; REGIOSELECTIVITY;

ENZYME KINETICS;

BUFFER; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSIDE; GLYCOSIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATE; QUERCETIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYST; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUERCETIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 4143140277     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20154     Document Type: Article

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