A single amino acid determines the site of deprotonation in the active center of sesquiterpene synthases SbTPS1 and SbTPS2 from Sorghum bicolor

Phytochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue , 2012, Pages 6-13

  Garms, Stefan ^a   Chen, Feng ^b   Boland, Wilhelm ^a   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a   Köllner, Tobias G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Sesquiphellandrene; Molecular modeling; Sesquiterpene synthase; Site directed mutagenesis; Sorghum bicolor; Terpene synthase reaction mechanism; Zingiberene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTON; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; SORGHUM;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; BIOCATALYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTONS; SESQUITERPENES; SORGHUM;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84856224254     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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