Redefining reductive sulfate assimilation in higher plants: A role for APS reductase, a new member of the thioredoxin superfamily?

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 153-167

  Wray, John L ^a   Campbell, Edward I ^a   Roberts, Michael A ^a,b   Gutierrez Marcos, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APS reductase; Higher plants; Reductive sulfate assimilation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE 3' PHOSPHATE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; ADENOSINE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFITE REDUCTASE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; THIOREDOXIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PLANTS; SULFATES; THIOREDOXIN;

EID: 0032549067     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2797(97)00130-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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