Insights into Steviol glycoside biosynthesis pathway enzymes through structural homology modeling

American Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Guleria, Praveen ^a   Yadav, Sudesh Kumar ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Binhng site; Comparative protein modeling; Interaction; Ligand; Stevia rebaudiana

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 74G1; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 76G1; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 85C2; GLYCOSIDE; KAURENOIC ACID; KAURENOIC ACID 13 HYDROXYLASE; OXYGENASE; STEVIOL; STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867240294     PISSN: 21504210     EISSN: 21504253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajbmb.2013.1.19     Document Type: Article

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