Functional analysis of (4S)-limonene synthase mutants reveals determinants of catalytic outcome in a model monoterpene synthase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3332-3337

  Srividya, Narayanan ^a   Davis, Edward M ^a   Croteau, Rodney B ^a   Lange, B Markus ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbocation; Enzyme catalysis; Mechanism; Monoterpene synthase; Structure function relationship

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LIMONENE SYNTHASE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; SYNTHETASE; TERPENE; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALANINE; ISOMERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PINENE CYCLASE I;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MENTHA SPICATA; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MENTHA SPICATA;

ALANINE; BIOCATALYSIS; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MENTHA SPICATA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TERPENES;

EID: 84925238674     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1501203112     Document Type: Article

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