Identification of a Flavonoid Glucosyltransferase Involved in 7-OH Site Glycosylation in Tea plants (Camellia sinensis)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Dai, Xinlong ^a   Zhuang, Juhua ^a   Wu, Yingling ^a   Wang, Peiqiang ^a   Zhao, Guifu ^a   Liu, Yajun ^a   Jiang, Xiaolan ^a   Gao, Liping ^a   Xia, Tao ^a  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITES; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 85025696839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06453-z     Document Type: Article

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