Distribution of folate derivatives and enzymes for synthesis of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate in cytosolic and mitochondrial fractions of pea leaves

Plant Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 299-309

  Chen, Liangfu ^a   Chan, Sherwin Y ^a   Cossins, Edwin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

10 FORMYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE; 5,10 METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOHYDROLASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FORMATE TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE; FRACTIONATION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOCHONDRION; PLANT LEAF; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0031400751     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.115.1.299     Document Type: Article

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