Identification of a brevianamide F reverse prenyltransferase BrePT from Aspergillus versicolor with a broad substrate specificity towards tryptophan-containing cyclic dipeptides

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1649-1660

  Yin, Suqin ^a,b   Yu, Xia ^b   Wang, Qing ^a,b   Liu, Xiao Qing ^a   Li, Shu Ming ^b  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brevianamide; Cyclic dipeptide; DMATS superfamily; Prenylated derivative; Prenyltransferase

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC SUBSTRATES; ASPERGILLUS SP; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BREVIANAMIDE; CYCLIC DIPEPTIDE; DI-PEPTIDES; DIPHOSPHATES; DMATS SUPERFAMILY; ENZYME PRODUCTS; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; HIS-TAGGED PROTEINS; KINETIC DATA; PRENYLATION; PRENYLTRANSFERASE; PRENYLTRANSFERASES; REGIOSPECIFIC; STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TURNOVER NUMBER;

AMINO ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUBSTRATES;

PEPTIDES;

DIPEPTIDE; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; INDOLE; PRIMER DNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALKALOID; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BIOASSAY; BREVIANAMIDE F REVERSE PRENYLTRANSFERASE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENYLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PRENYLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPTOPHAN;

ASPERGILLUS SP.; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84874357275     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4130-0     Document Type: Article

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