Ten isoenzymes of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase from plant cell walls select and cleave the donor substrate stochastically

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 355, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 671-679

  Steele, Nancy M ^a   Sulová, Zdena ^b   Campbell, Paul ^c   Braam, Janet ^c   Farkaš, Vladimír ^b   Fry, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cauliflower; Lentil; Mung bean; Nasturtium

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENZYMES; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PLANT CELL WALL;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

GLUCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; SORBITOL; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; BEAN; CELL WALL; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; INSECTA; LENS CULINARIS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; SPERMATOPHYTA; TAMARINDUS INDICA; TRITIUM; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 0035340655     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/bj3550671     Document Type: Article

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