Sulfate assimilation in higher plants: Characterization of a stable intermediate in the adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate reductase reaction

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3647-3653

  Weber, Markus ^a   Suter, Marianne ^a   Brunold, Christian ^a   Kopriva, Stanislav ^a,b  

^a Institute of Plant Sciences   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Glutathione; Reaction mechanism; Sulfate assimilation; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

ADENYLYLSULFATE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIOREDOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

ADENOSINE PHOSPHOSULFATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PLANTS; SULFATES; SULFITES; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES; THIOREDOXIN;

EID: 0033921672     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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