Functional identification of triterpene methyltransferases from Botryococcus braunii race B

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 8163-8173

  Niehaus, Tom D ^a   Kinison, Scott ^a   Okada, Shigeru ^b   Yeo, Yun Soo ^a,d   Bell, Stephen A ^a   Cui, Ping ^c   Devarenne, Timothy P ^c   Chappell, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Academy of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR SITES; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; DRY WEIGHT; FUNCTIONAL IDENTIFICATION; GREEN ALGA; IN-VITRO ASSAYS; IN-VIVO; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSOMAL PREPARATIONS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; SIDE-CHAINS; STRUCTURAL EXAMINATION; SUBSTRATE SELECTIVITY; SYNTHASE EXPRESSION; SYNTHASES; TRANSCRIPTOMES; TRITERPENES;

ALCOHOLS; ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; YEAST;

ENZYMES;

BOTRYOCOCCENE SYNTHASE; CARBON; MEMBRANE ENZYME; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; STEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; STEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE 2; STEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE 3; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRITERPENE METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; TRITERPENE METHYLTRANSFERASE 2; TRITERPENE METHYLTRANSFERASE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII RACE B; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GREEN ALGA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSOME; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SQUALENE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84858055815     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.316059     Document Type: Article

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