A structure-based mechanism for benzalacetone synthase from Rheum palmatum

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 669-673

  Morita, Hiroyuki ^a   Shimokawa, Yoshihiko ^b   Tanio, Michikazu ^c   Kato, Ryohei ^d   Noguchi, Hiroshi ^b   Sugio, Shigetoshi ^d   Kohno, Toshiyuki ^c   Abe, Ikuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI KAGAKU INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Enzyme; Polyketide

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; BENZALACETONE SYNTHASE; BENZYLIDENEACETONE; CHALCONE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; COUMARIC ACID; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHUBARB; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BUTANONES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COUMARIC ACIDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MALONYL COENZYME A; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHEUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

RHEUM PALMATUM;

EID: 76249110808     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909982107     Document Type: Article

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