The S-methylmethionine cycle in angiosperms: Ubiquity, antiquity and activity

Plant Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 575-584

  Ranocha, Philippe ^a   McNeil, Scott D ^a   Ziemak, Michael J ^a   Li, Changjiang ^a   Tarczynski, Mitchell C ^b   Hanson, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Futile cycle; Homocysteine; Homocysteine S methyltransferase; Methionine; Methionine S methyltransferase; S methylmethionine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; S METHYLMETHIONINE; SEED DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; GENES; SEED; TISSUE;

RADIOTRACER KINETIC MEASUREMENTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENES, PLANT; HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, PLANT; VITAMIN U; ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035033257     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2001.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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