Isolation and characterization of a cDNA that encodes maize uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase, an enzyme involved in the synthesis of siroheme, which is a prosthetic group of nitrite reductase

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 883-892

  Sakakibara, Hitoshi ^a   Takei, Kentaro ^a   Sugiyama, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HEME; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PLANT DNA; SIROHEME; UROPORPHYRIN III C METHYLTRANSFERASE; UROPORPHYRIN-III C-METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; HEME; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITE REDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ZEA MAYS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030295364     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.10050883.x     Document Type: Article

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