Catalysis of amorpha-4,11-diene synthase unraveled and improved by mutability landscape guided engineering

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Abdallah, Ingy I ^a   Van Merkerk, Ronald ^a   Klumpenaar, Esmée ^a   Quax, Wim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHA-4,11-DIENE; AMORPHA-4,11-DIENE SYNTHASE; DIPHOSPHORIC ACID; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SESQUITERPENE; TRANSFERASE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DIPHOSPHATES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 85049395876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28177-4     Document Type: Article

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