A dithiothreitol-sensitive tetrameric protease from spinach thylakoids has polyphenol oxidase activity

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-187

  Kuwabara, Tomohiko ^a   Masuda, Tetsuya ^a   Aizawa, Sachiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active oxygen; Copper; Dithiothreitol sensitive tetrameric protease; Photosystem II; Polyphenol oxidase (EC 1.10.3.1); Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0030939931     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029150     Document Type: Article

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