Characterization of the kaurene oxidase CYP701A3, a multifunctional cytochrome P450 from gibberellin biosynthesis

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 431, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-344

  Morrone, Dana ^a   Chen, Xiaoming ^a,c   Coates, Robert M ^b   Peters, Reuben J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Gibberellin; Hormone metabolism; Mono oxygenase catalysis; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLISM; OLEFINS; PLANTS (BOTANY); QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATES;

ACTIVE SITE; ALTERNATIVE SUBSTRATES; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CATALYTIC MECHANISMS; CYTOCHROME P450; ENT-KAURENE; ENZYMATIC MECHANISMS; GIBBERELLIN; GIBBERELLIN BIOSYNTHESIS; KAURENAL; KAURENE; KINETIC ANALYSIS; N-TERMINALS; OXYGENASES; RATE LIMITING; REACTION SEQUENCES; RECOMBINANT EXPRESSION; RING STRUCTURES; SEQUENTIAL OXIDATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TETRACYCLIC RINGS;

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P70 1A3; GIBBERELLIN; KAURENE DERIVATIVE; KAURENOIC ACID; PHYTOHORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABSCISIC ACID 8'-HYDROXYLASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ENT-KAURENE OXIDASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GIBBERELLINS; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78049232368     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20100597     Document Type: Article

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