Expression, purification and activity assay of a patchoulol synthase cDNA variant fused to thioredoxin in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-71

  Hartwig, S ^a   Frister, T ^a   Alemdar, S ^a   Li, Z ^a   Krings, U ^a   Berger, R G ^a   Scheper, T ^a   Beutel, S ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Farnesyl diphosphate; Germacrene A; Patchoulol; Sesquiterpenes; Terpene synthase; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERMACRENE A; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOMERASE; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; PATCHOULOL; PATCHOULOL SYNTHASE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; THIOREDOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAMIACEAE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERMACRENE A; PATCHOULOL; SESQUITERPENES; TERPENE SYNTHASE; THIOREDOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOMERASES; LAMIACEAE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SESQUITERPENES; SESQUITERPENES, GERMACRANE; THIOREDOXINS;

EID: 84896323680     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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