Molecular and biochemical characterization of caffeine synthase and purine alkaloid concentration in guarana fruit

Phytochemistry

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-36

  Schimpl, Flávia Camila ^a   Kiyota, Eduardo ^a   Mayer, Juliana Lischka Sampaio ^b   Gonçalves, José Francisco De Carvalho ^c   Da Silva, José Ferreira ^d   Mazzafera, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Caffeine; Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis; Recombinant protein; Sapindaceae; Seed; Theobromine; Venezuelan guarana

Indexed keywords

PAULLINIA CUPANA; SAPINDACEAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

7-METHYLXANTHINE; ALKALOID; CAFFEINE; CAFFEINE SYNTHASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PURINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; THEOBROMINE; THEOPHYLLINE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAULLINIA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED;

ALKALOIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAFFEINE; FRUIT; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PAULLINIA; PLANT LEAVES; PURINES; SEEDS; THEOBROMINE; THEOPHYLLINE; XANTHINES;

EID: 84905500099     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.04.018     Document Type: Article

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