Elucidation of the structure and reaction mechanism of sorghum hydroxycinnamoyltransferase and its structural relationship to other coenzyme a-dependent transferases and synthases

Plant Physiology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 640-651

  Walker, Alexander M ^a   Hayes, Robert P ^a   Youn, Buhyun ^a,d   Vermerris, Wilfred ^b   Sattler, Scott E ^c   Kang, Chulhee ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c USDA Agricultural Research Service Lincoln Nebraska   (United States)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 COUMAROYL COENZYME A; 4-COUMAROYL-COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHLOROGENIC ACID; COENZYME A; QUINIC ACID; SHIKIMIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COFFEE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SORGHUM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALORIMETRY; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COENZYME A; COFFEA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUINIC ACID; SHIKIMIC ACID; SORGHUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

COFFEA CANEPHORA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84878449157     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.217836     Document Type: Article

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