Phytochelatin synthase catalyzes key step in turnover of glutathione conjugates

Phytochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-431

  Beck, Andreas ^a   Lendzian, Klaus ^a   Oven, Matjaz ^b,c   Christmann, Alexander ^a   Grill, Erwin ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detoxification; GSH; Heavy metal; Herbicide; Transpeptidation; Xenobiotic

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CADMIUM; COPPER; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONJUGATE; CONJUGATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURIFICATION; SILENE;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CATALYSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; METALS, HEAVY; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SILENE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; SILENE; SILENE VULGARIS;

EID: 0037309563     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00565-4     Document Type: Article

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