Characterization of olivetol synthase, a polyketide synthase putatively involved in cannabinoid biosynthetic pathway

FEBS Letters

Volumn 583, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2061-2066

  Taura, Futoshi ^a   Tanaka, Shinji ^a   Taguchi, Chiho ^a   Fukamizu, Tomohide ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Shoyama, Yukihiro ^a   Morimoto, Satoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cannabinoid; Cannabis sativa; Olivetol; Olivetol synthase; Polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; OLIVETOL; OLIVETOL SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CANNABINOIDS; CANNABIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESORCINOLS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 67349263468     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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