Pneumocystis carinii sterol 14α-demethylase activity in saccharomyces cerevisiae erg11 knockout mutant: Sterol biochemistry

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-392

  Nkinin, Stephenson W ^a   Stringer, James R ^b   Keely, Scott P ^b   Setchell, Kenneth D R ^c   Giner, José Luis ^d   Kaneshiro, Edna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; complementation; enzyme; ergosterol; fungus; gas liquid chromatography; knockout mutant; mass spectrometry; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; yeast

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; ERG11 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; LANOSTEROL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; STEROL; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LABORATORY METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLASMID; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; STEROL; WILD POPULATION; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; LANOSTEROL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STEROL 14-DEMETHYLASE; STEROLS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79960457331     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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