Quantitative exploration of the catalytic landscape separating divergent plant sesquiterpene synthases

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 617-623

  O'Maille, Paul E ^a   Malone, Arthur ^a   Dellas, Nikki ^a,b   Andes Hess Jr , B ^c   Smentek, Lidia ^c,d   Sheehan, Iseult ^a   Greenhagen, Bryan T ^e   Chappell, Joe ^e   Manning, Gerard ^f   Noel, Joseph P ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SESQUITERPENE; SESQUITERPENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EPISTASIS; HYOSCYAMUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO;

HYOSCYAMUS MUTICUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 51949110360     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.113     Document Type: Article

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