Participation in aflatoxin biosynthesis by a reductase enzyme encoded by vrdA gene outside the aflatoxin gene cluster

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-231

  Shima, Yoko ^a,d   Shiina, Marisa ^a,b   Shinozawa, Takao ^b   Ito, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakajima, Hiromitsu ^c   Adachi, Yoshikazu ^d   Yabe, Kimiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin biosynthesis; Aspergillus parasiticus; Metabolic grid; Reductase; vrdA gene

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AFLATOXINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRAQUINONES; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI;

EID: 60649101785     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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