Cloning, expression, and characterization of a root-form phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from Zea mays: Comparison with the C4-form enzyme

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 865-873

  Dong, Long Ying ^a   Masuda, Takao ^a,b   Kawamura, Takao ^a,c   Hata, Shingo ^a   Izui, Katsura ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OTSUKA CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; In vitro phosphorylation; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (EC 4.1.1.31); Root isoform; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLYCINE; MALIC ACID; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN KINASE; RECOMBINANT PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE;

MAMMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032144164     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029446     Document Type: Article

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