Peroxisomal alanine: Glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT1) is a photorespiratory enzyme with multiple substrates in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 487-498

  Liepman, Aaron H ^a   Olsen, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine: glyoxylate aminotransferase; Aminotransferase; Arabidosis; Peroxisome; Photorespiration; Serine: glyoxylate aminotransferase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; MUTANT; PEROXISOME; PHOTORESPIRATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENS; TISSUE;

NUCLEOTIDE SUBSTITUTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL RESPIRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEROXISOMES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSAMINASES;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035041589     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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