An aspartic endopeptidase is involved in the breakdown of propeptides of storage proteins in protein-storage vacuoles of plants

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-141

  Hiraiwa, Nagako ^a,b   Kondo, Maki ^a   Nishimura, Mikio ^a,b   Hara Nishimura, Ikuko ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartic endopeptidase; Proprotein processing; Protein storage vacuole; Storage proteins; Vacuolar processing enzyme

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL VACUOLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

EID: 0030993676     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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