Structure and regulation of the bifunctional enzyme lysine-oxoglutarate reductase-saccharopine dehydrogenase in maize

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 720-729

  Kemper, Edson L ^a   Cord Neto, Germano ^a   Capella, Adriana N ^a   Gonçalves Butruile, Marymar ^a   Azevedo, Ricardo A ^b   Arruda, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium activation; Limited proteolysis; Lysine catabolism; Lysine oxoglutarate reductase; Saccharopine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALMIDAZOLIUM; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; LYSINE OXOGLUTARATE REDUCTASE SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASE; N (6 AMINOHEXYL) 5 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONAMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASE (NAD,LYSINE FORMING); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MAIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032079778     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530720.x     Document Type: Article

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