Cysteine synthesis in plants: Protein-protein interactions of serine acetyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-262

  Bogdanova, Natascha ^a   Hell, Rüdiger ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYASE; MET17 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; O ACETYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL) LYASE; O-ACETYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL)-LYASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; YEAST;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; YEASTS;

EID: 0031079570     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11020251.x     Document Type: Article

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