Characterization of violaxanthin de-epoxidase purified in the presence of Tween 20: Effects of dithiothreitol and pepstatin A

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1119-1126

  Kuwabara, Tomohiko ^a   Hasegawa, Mika ^a   Kawano, Mitsuko ^a   Takaichi, Shinichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dithiothreitol; Pepstatin A; Spinach; Tween 20; Violaxanthin de epoxidase; Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DETERGENT; DISULFIDE BOND; DITHIOTHREITOL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; PEPSTATIN; POLYSORBATE 20; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SPINACH; THYLAKOID; VIOLAXANTHIN DEEPOXIDASE;

EID: 0033227476     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029496     Document Type: Article

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