Plastoquinone-9 biosynthesis in cyanobacteria differs from that in plants and involves a novel 4-hydroxybenzoate solanesyltransferase

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 442, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 621-629

  Sadre, Radin ^a,b   Pfaff, Christian ^a   Buchkremer, Stephan ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

4 hydroxybenzoate solanesyltransferase; Aromatic prenyltransferase; Enzyme kinetics; Plastoquinone 9; Solanesyl diphosphate (SDP); Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOATE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE SOLANESYLTRANSFERASE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; PLASTOQUINONE; PLASTOQUINONE 9; PYROPHOSPHATE; TRANSFERASE; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CATALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PARABENS; PLASTOQUINONE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 84857846757     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20111796     Document Type: Article

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