Lysine-ketoglutarate reductase and saccharopine dehydrogenase from Arabidopsis thaliana: Nucleotide sequence and characterization

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 735-748

  Epelbaum, Sabine ^a   McDevitt, Raymond ^a   Falco, S Carl ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Heterologous expression; Lysine catabolism; Lysine ketoglutarate reductase saccharopine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASE; SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+, LYSINE FORMING); SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+, LYSINE-FORMING); SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031458069     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005808923191     Document Type: Article

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