Hydroxycinnamoyltransferases in plant metabolism

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 699-727

  Petersen, Maike ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BAHD acyltransferase; GDSL lipase esterase like acyltransferase; Phenolic metabolism; Serine carboxypeptidase like acyltransferase; THT like hydroxycinnamoyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHOCYANIN; COENZYME A THIOESTER; COUMARIC ACID; ESTER; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYCINNAMIC ACID GLUCOSE ESTER; HYDROXYCINNAMOYL ESTER; HYDROXYCINNAMOYLQUINATE; HYDROXYCINNAMOYLSHIKIMATE; HYDROXYCINNAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PARA COUMARIC ACID; QUININE SULFATE; ROSMARINIC ACID; SERINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; SERINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE LIKE ACYLTRANSFERASE; SHIKIMIC ACID; THIOESTER; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARACHIS; ARACHIS GLABRATA; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; COCA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; IRIS HOLLANDICA; IRIS PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RED CLOVER; REVIEW; SOLANACEAE; SWEET POTATO;

EID: 85032070008     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-015-9417-1     Document Type: Review

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