Homogeneous purification and characterization of LePGT1 - A membrane-bound aromatic substrate prenyltransferase involved in secondary metabolism of Lithospermum erythrorhizon

FEBS Journal

Volumn 280, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2572-2580

  Ohara, Kazuaki ^a,b   Mito, Koji ^a   Yazaki, Kazufumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KIRIN HOLDINGS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

membrane bound prenyltransferase; p hydroxybenzoic acid; Sf9; shikonin; solubilization

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; LITHOSPERMUM ERYTHRORHIZON 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE GERANYLTRANSFERASE 1; SHIKONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; LITHOSPERMUM; LITHOSPERMUM ERYTHRORHIZON; NONHUMAN; PLANT METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOLUBILIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; KINETICS; LITHOSPERMUM; PLANT PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SF9 CELLS; SPODOPTERA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

LITHOSPERMUM ERYTHRORHIZON;

EID: 84878232870     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.12239     Document Type: Article

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