Characterization of γ-tocopherol methyltransferases from Capsicum annuum L and Arabidopsis thaliana

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 84-92

  Koch, Maria ^a,b   Lemke, Rainer ^c   Heise, Klaus Peter ^b   Mock, Hans Peter ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c SunGene GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Arabidopsis; Capsicum; Methyl transferase; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA TOCOPHEROL; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL TRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BETA-TOCOPHEROL; CAPSICUM; FRUIT; KINETICS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037221149     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03364.x     Document Type: Article

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