Structures a nd functions of insect arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase (iaaNAT); a key enzyme for physiological and behavioral switch in arthropods

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Hiragaki, Susumu ^a   Suzuki, Takeshi ^b   Mohamed, Ahmed A M ^a   Takeda, Makio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyl transferase (aaNAT); Arylamine N acetyltransferase; Circadian rhythms; Melatonin (MEL); Photoperiodism; Serotonin (5HT); UV adaptation

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTHERAEA PERNYI; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRUSTACEA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INSECT GENOME; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MITE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

EID: 84926468796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00113     Document Type: Article

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