Genomic and functional characterization of the oas gene family encoding O-acetylserine (thiol) lyases, enzymes catalyzing the final step in cysteine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Gene

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-247

  Jost, R ^a   Berkowitz, O ^a   Wirtz, M ^a   Hopkins, L ^b   Hawkesford, M J ^b   Hell, R ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid biosynthesis; Cysteine; Isoenzymes; Plant; Sulfur metabolism

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; GENE PRODUCT; SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034622527     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00261-4     Document Type: Article

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