Kum-Boo Choi

Metabolic engineering of plant alkaloid biosynthesis

Fumihiko Sato, Takashi Hashimoto, Akira Hachiya et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2000 · 243 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Biochemistry +14

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of CoclaurineN-Methyltransferase from Cultured Cells of Coptis japonica

Kum-Boo Choi, Takashi Morishige, Nobukazu Shitan et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2002 · 174 citations · Full text

Coptis Cnmt, Engineering, Molecular Biology +17

Molecular cloning of columbamine <i>O</i>‐methyltransferase from cultured <i>Coptis japonica</i> cells

Takashi Morishige, Emilyn G. Dubouzet, Kum-Boo Choi et al. · European Journal of Biochemistry · 2002 · 88 citations · Full text

Purification and characterization of coclaurine N-methyltransferase from cultured Coptis japonica cells

Kum-Boo Choi, Takashi Morishige, Fumihiko Sato · Phytochemistry · 2001 · 46 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Biotransformation +10

A diterpene synthase from the clary sage Salvia sclarea catalyzes the cyclization of geranylgeranyl diphosphate to (8R)-hydroxy-copalyl diphosphate

Nils Günnewich, Yasuhiro Higashi, Xiaohong Feng et al. · Phytochemistry · 2012 · 25 citations

Diterpene Synthase, Biosynthesis, Engineering +10