Role of the LolP cytochrome P450 monooxygenase in loline alkaloid biosynthesis

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1307-1314

  Spiering, Martin J ^a   Faulkner, Jerome R ^a   Zhang, Dong Xiu ^a   Machado, Caroline ^a   Grossman, Robert B ^a   Schardl, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epichlo ; Grass endophyte; Loline alkaloids; N Formylation; Neotyphodium uncinatum; P450 monooxygenase; Pyrrolizidine

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; CYTOCHROME P450 MONOOXYGENAS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYGROMYCIN B PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; LOLINE; LOLP PROTEIN; N FORMYLLOLINE; N METHYLLOLINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NEOTYPHODIUM UNCINATUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

ALKALOIDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYPOCREALES; PROTOPLASTS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EPICHLOE; NEOTYPHODIUM UNCINATUM;

EID: 50349093049     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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