Unique animal prenyltransferase with monoterpene synthase activity

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 731-735

  Gilg, Anna B ^a   Tittiger, Claus ^a   Blomquist, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Isoprenyl diphosphate; Mevalonate pathway; Monoterpene; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPRENOID; ISOPRENYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; MONOTERPENE SYNTHASE; MYRCENE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RECOMBINANT GERANYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOPRENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOTERPENE; RECOMBINATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALKENES; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; DIPHOSPHATES; DITERPENES; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROXYLATION; KINETICS; MONOTERPENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; IPS PINI; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 67349146791     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0521-1     Document Type: Article

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