PgUGT95B2 preferentially metabolizes flavones/flavonols and has evolved independently from flavone/flavonol UGTs identified in Arabidopsis thaliana

Phytochemistry

Volumn 157, Issue , 2019, Pages 184-193

  Wilson, Alexander E ^a   Wu, Sheng ^b,c   Tian, Li ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Flavone; Flavonol; Lythraceae; Pomegranate; Punica granatum; UDP dependent glycosyltransferase; UGT

Indexed keywords

FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; LYTHRACEAE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAVONES; FLAVONOLS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PUNICACEAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85057206768     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2018.10.025     Document Type: Article

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