Arabidopsis polyamine biosynthesis: Absence of ornithine decarboxylase and the mechanism of arginine decarboxylase activity

Plant Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 551-560

  Hanfrey, Colin ^a   Sommer, Susanne ^a,b   Mayer, Melinda J ^a   Burtin, Daniel ^a,c   Michael, Anthony J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SunGene   (Germany)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Arginine decarboxylase; Ornithine decarboxylase; Polyamine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORNITHINE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLATION; ENZYMES; YEAST;

ARABIDOPSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOXY-LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PLANT ROOTS; POLYAMINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034798209     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2001.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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