C7-prenylation of tryptophanyl and O-prenylation of tyrosyl residues in dipeptides by an Aspergillus terreus prenyltransferase

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1719-1730

  Wunsch, Carsten ^a   Zou, Hui Xi ^a,b   Linne, Uwe ^a   Li, Shu Ming ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus terreus; Cyclic dipeptide; DMATS superfamily; Prenyltransferase; Tryptophan C7 prenylation; Tyrosine O prenylation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES;

ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CYCLIC DIPEPTIDE; DMATS SUPERFAMILY; PRENYLATION; PRENYLTRANSFERASE;

ASPERGILLUS;

DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; DIPEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ASPERGILLUS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRENYLATION;

ASPERGILLUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; DIPEPTIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRENYLATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

EID: 84922835773     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5999-6     Document Type: Article

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