Molecular cloning and characterization of Vigna mungo processing enzyme 1 (VmPE-1), an asparaginyl endopeptidase possibly involved in post-translational processing of a vacuolar cysteine endopeptidase (SH-EP)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-73

  Okamoto, Takashi ^a   Minamikawa, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asparaginyl endopeptidase; Cysteine endopeptidase; Post translational processing; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARAGINYL ENDOPEPTIDASE; CELL VACUOLE; CLONE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, PLANT; FABACEAE; GENE LIBRARY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEEDS; VACUOLES;

EID: 0032991832     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006170518002     Document Type: Article

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