Heterologous expression of two FAD-dependent oxidases with (S)-tetrahydroprotoberberine oxidase activity from Argemone mexicana and Berberis wilsoniae in insect cells

Planta

Volumn 233, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1185-1197

  Gesell, Andreas ^a   Chávez, Maria Luisa Díaz ^a,b   Kramell, Robert ^a   Piotrowski, Markus ^c   Macheroux, Peter ^d   Kutchan, Toni M ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Berberine bridge enzyme (BBE), FAD dependent oxidase; Flavoprotein, (S) Tetrahydroprotoberberine oxidase (STOX); Protoberberine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE DERIVATIVE; FLAVOPROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOALEXINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SESQUITERPENE; TETRAHYDROPROTOBERBERINE OXIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARGEMONE; ARTICLE; BERBERIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGEMONE; BASE SEQUENCE; BERBERINE ALKALOIDS; BERBERIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SESQUITERPENES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARGEMONE; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; BERBERIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 79957606715     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1357-4     Document Type: Article

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