A new member of the DMATS superfamily from Aspergillus niger catalyzes prenylations of both tyrosine and tryptophan derivatives

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 10119-10129

  Fan, Aili ^a   Chen, Huizhi ^a,b   Wu, Rui ^a,b   Xu, Hui ^b   Li, Shu Ming ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; DMAPP; DMATS superfamily; Enzyme catalysis; Prenyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CLONING; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; PROTEINS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DMAPP; DMATS SUPERFAMILY; ENZYME CATALYSIS; PRENYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACIDS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS;

HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRENYLATION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRENYLATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

EID: 84916888248     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5872-7     Document Type: Article

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