Molecular cloning and characterization of a flavonoid-O-methyltransferase with broad substrate specificity and regioselectivity from Citrus depressa

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Itoh, Nobuya ^a   Iwata, Chisa ^a   Toda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Citrus depressa; Flavonoid; Nobiletin; O methyltransferase; S adenosyl l methionine dependent

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CITRUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVONOIDS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84983336049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0870-9     Document Type: Article

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