Structure of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase, a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of the plant hormone ethylene

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 745-756

  Capitani, Guido ^a   Hohenester, Erhard ^a   Feng, Liang ^b   Storici, Paola ^a   Kirsch, Jack F ^b   Jansonius, Johan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene biosynthesis; Plant hormones; Pyridoxal 5' phosphate; X ray crystallography; Yang cycle

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ETHYLENE; PHYTOHORMONE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FRUIT; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033521228     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3255     Document Type: Article

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