Chlorophyllase as a serine hydrolase: Identification of a putative catalytic triad

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-101

  Tsuchiya, Tohru ^a   Suzuki, Takuo ^a,b   Yamada, Takafumi ^a   Shimada, Hiroshi ^a   Masuda, Tatsuru ^a   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a   Takamiya, Ken Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalytic triad; Chenopodium album; Chlorophyll degradation; Chlorophyllase (EC 3.1.1.14); Serine hydrolase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTIC ACID; BINDING SITES; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CATALYSIS; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HISTIDINE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOFLUROPHATE; LIPASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOLINES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; P-CHLOROMERCURIBENZOIC ACID; PHENYLMETHYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM;

EID: 0037263682     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg011     Document Type: Article

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