Plant secondary metabolism linked glycosyltransferases: An update on expanding knowledge and scopes

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 714-739

  Tiwari, Pragya ^a   Sangwan, Rajender Singh ^a,b   Sangwan, Neelam S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Catalytic mechanism; Drug designing; Glycoconjugates; Glycosyltransferases; Metabolic engineering; Plant secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATES; CATALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DELIVERY; ENZYMES; GLYCOSYLATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CATALYTIC MECHANISMS; DRUG DESIGNING; GLYCOCONJUGATES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT SECONDARY METABOLISM;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIOENGINEERING; CARBOHYDRATE; CATALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE; METABOLISM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; XENOBIOTICS;

GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

DRUG DESIGN; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANT;

DRUG DESIGN; GLYCOCONJUGATES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84964671781     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2016.03.006     Document Type: Review

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