Sesquiterpene synthase-3-hydroxy-3- methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase fusion protein responsible for hirsutene biosynthesis in Stereum hirsutum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2018, Pages

  Flynn, Christopher M ^a   Schmidt Dannert, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl CoA synthase (HMGS); Basidiomycota; Hirsutene; Horizontal gene transfer; Mevalonate pathway; Sesquiterpene synthase (STS)

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; ENZYMES; GENE TRANSFER; YEAST;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; HIRSUTENE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MEVALONATE PATHWAY; SESQUITERPENE SYNTHASE; SYNTHASES;

GENES;

BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; HOMOLOGY; ISOPRENOID; MUSHROOM; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; TERPENE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEREUM HIRSUTUM;

3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLGLUTARYL-COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; FUSION PROTEIN; HIRSUTENE; SESQUITERPENE; TRANSFERASE;

BASIDIOMYCETES; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

ACYL COENZYME A; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 85047357116     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00036-18     Document Type: Article

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