Creating S-type characteristics in the F-type enzyme fructan:fructan 1-fructosyltransferase of Triticum aestivum L.

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3687-3696

  Schroeven, Lindsey ^a   Lammens, Willem ^a   Kawakami, Akira ^b   Yoshida, Midori ^b   Van Laere, André ^a   Van Den Ende, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fructan:fructan 1 fructosyltransferase (1 FFT); Site directed mutagenesis; Substrate specificity; Sucrose:sucrose 1 fructosyltransferase (1 SST); Triticum aestivum; Wheat

Indexed keywords

1,2 BETA FRUCTAN 1(F) FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; 1,2-BETA-FRUCTAN 1(F)-FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INULOSUCRASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 69949147609     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp208     Document Type: Article

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