Uclacyanins, stellacyanins, and plantacyanins are distinct subfamilies of phytocyanins: Plant-specific mononuclear blue copper proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1915-1929

  Nersissian, Aram M ^a   Immoos, Chad ^b   Hill, Michael G ^b   Hart, P John ^c   Williams, Gregory ^d   Herrmann, Reinhold G ^e   Valentine, Joan Selverstone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue copper protein; cDNA; Lignin formation; Oxidative burst; Plant cell wall; Plantacyanin; Stellacyanin; Uclacyanin

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHYTOCYANIN; PLANTACYANIN; POLYPEPTIDE; STELLACYANINE; UCLACYANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0031664911     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070907     Document Type: Article

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