Exploring the Influence of Domain Architecture on the Catalytic Function of Diterpene Synthases

Biochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 2010-2023

  Pemberton, Travis A ^a   Chen, Mengbin ^a   Harris, Golda G ^a   Chou, Wayne K W ^b   Duan, Lian ^b   Köksal, Mustafa ^a   Genshaft, Alex S ^a   Cane, David E ^b   Christianson, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; CATALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; LIPIDS; OLEFINS;

CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; CATALYTIC FUNCTIONS; CYCLIZATION REACTIONS; DITERPENE SYNTHASES; DOMAIN ARCHITECTURES; NATURAL PRODUCTS; QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; TAXADIENE SYNTHASE;

CYCLIZATION;

SYNTHETASE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; DITERPENE; FUSICOCCADIENE; ISOMERASE; OPHIOBOLIN F SYNTHASE, ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; SESTERTERPENE; TAXA-4(5),11(12)-DIENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOMOPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BUDDING YEAST; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TAXUS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ASPERGILLUS; CYCLIZATION; DITERPENES; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOMERASES; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT CHIMERIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN DOMAINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SESTERTERPENES; TAXUS;

EID: 85017559474     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00137     Document Type: Article

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