Cloning of a novel O-methyltransferase from camellia sinensis and synthesis of O-methylated EGCG and evaluation of their bioactivity

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7196-7201

  Kirita, Masanobu ^a   Honma, Daiki ^a   Tanaka, Yoshihisa ^a   Usui, Shinya ^b   Shoji, Toshihiko ^a   Sami, Manabu ^a   Yokota, Toyokazu ^a   Tagashira, Motoyuki ^a   Muranaka, Atsuya ^b   Uchiyama, Masanobu ^b   Kanda, Tomomasa ^a   Maeda Yamamoto, Mari ^c  

^a ASAHI BREWERIES LTD   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Camellia sinensis; DPPH; Histamine release; O methylated EGCGs; O methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CATECHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; SCAVENGER; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DRUG EFFECTS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 77953624943     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf100493s     Document Type: Article

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