Emergence of proteases in germinating cucumber cotyledons and their roles in the two-step degradation of storage protein

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 279-284

  Yamauchi, Yasuo ^a   Sugimoto, Toshio ^a   Sueyoshi, Kuni ^a   Oji, Yoshikiyo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11S Globulin; Cucumber; Light dependent proteolysis; Protease

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLLEUCYL LEUCYL GLUTAMINE 2 NAPHTHYLAMIDE; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLLEUCYL-LEUCYL-GLUTAMINE-2-NAPHTHYLAMIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VEGETABLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GERMINATION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0030119059     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a028943     Document Type: Article

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