Purification and characterization of a glucokinase from young tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L. Mill.) fruit

Planta

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 567-573

  Martinez Barajas, Eleazar ^a   Randall, Douglas D ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit (glucokinase); Glucokinase; Hexose phosphorylation; Lycopersicon (glucokinase); Phosphorylation (sugars)

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHARACTERIZATION; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEXOSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PURIFICATION;

GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATES; HEXOSES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RIBONUCLEOTIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032146807     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050357     Document Type: Article

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