Identification, Recombinant Expression, and Biochemical Analysis of Putative Secondary Product Glucosyltransferases from Citrus paradisi

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1957-1969

  Devaiah, Shivakumar P ^a   Owens, Daniel K ^b   Sibhatu, Mebrahtu B ^a,d   Sarkar, Tapasree Roy ^a,e   Strong, Christy L ^a,f   Mallampalli, Venkata K P S ^a,g   Asiago, Josephat ^a   Cooke, Jennifer ^a   Kiser, Starla ^a   Lin, Zhangfan ^a   Wamucho, Anye ^a   Hayford, Deborah ^a   Williams, Bruce E ^a   Loftis, Peri ^a   Berhow, Mark ^c   Pike, Lee M ^a   McIntosh, Cecilia A ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATURAL PRODUCTS UTILIZATION RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus paradisi; flavonoid; flavor; glucosyltransferase; heterologous expression

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVORS; PHENOLS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SUBSTRATES;

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITRUS PARADISI; FLAVONOID; FULL-LENGTH CODING; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; POTENTIAL SUBSTRATE; RECOMBINANT EXPRESSION;

CITRUS FRUITS;

COUMARIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIMONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GRAPEFRUIT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CITRUS PARADISI; COUMARINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIMONINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84960410522     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05430     Document Type: Article

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