An active ribonucleotide reductase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Cloning, expression and characterization of the large subunit

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-69

  Sauge Merle, Sandrine ^a   Falconet, Denis ^b   Fontecave, Marc ^a,c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Allosteric regulation; Arabidopsis thaliana; Iron; Plant; Ribonucleotide reductase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; DEOXYADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DITHIOTHREITOL; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; THIOREDOXIN; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; DEOXYADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033571075     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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