Molecular Characterization of UGT94F2 and UGT86C4, Two Glycosyltransferases from Picrorhiza kurrooa: Comparative Structural Insight and Evaluation of Substrate Recognition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Bhat, Wajid Waheed ^a   Dhar, Niha ^a   Razdan, Sumeer ^a   Rana, Satiander ^a   Mehra, Rukmankesh ^a   Nargotra, Amit ^a   Dhar, Rekha S ^a   Ashraf, Nasheeman ^a   Vishwakarma, Ram ^a   Lattoo, Surrinder K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 86C4; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 94F2; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; IRIDOID; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; KAEMPFEROL; NUCLEOTIDE; PHYTOHORMONE; PICROSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HORMONE ACTION; INFLORESCENCE; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PICRORHIZA KURROA; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RHIZOME; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PICRORHIZA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884173324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073804     Document Type: Article

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