Predicting the substrate specificity of a glycosyltransferase implicated in the production of phenolic volatiles in tomato fruit

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 390-400

  Louveau, Thomas ^a,e   Leitao, Celine ^a,f   Green, Sol ^b   Hamiaux, Cyril ^b   Van Der Rest, Benoãt ^a   Dechy Cabaret, Odile ^c,d   Atkinson, Ross G ^b   Chervin, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c LCC LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DE COORDINATION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^e JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

aroma; docking; eugenol; guaiacol; isosalicin; methyl salicylate

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; EUGENOL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUAIACOL; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; PHENOL; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM URIDINE GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGENOL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GUAIACOL; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROQUINONES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOLS; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STRUCTURES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SALICYLATES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 78651081210     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07962.x     Document Type: Article

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