Rapid ester biosynthesis screening reveals a high activity alcohol-O-acyltransferase (AATase) from tomato fruit

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 700-707

  Lin, Jyun Liang ^a   Zhu, Jie ^b   Wheeldon, Ian ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Alcohol O acetyl acyltransferase (AATase); Ester biosynthesis; High throughput screening

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHAINS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; DIESEL FUELS; FATTY ACIDS; FLAVOR COMPOUNDS; FRUITS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); THROUGHPUT; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; YEAST;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; BROAD SPECIFICITIES; FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTER; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT ASSAYS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENS; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESTERS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL O ACYLTRANSFERASE; ESTER; PENTANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; PLANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FRUIT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOMATO; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84960153516     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201500406     Document Type: Article

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