Folate biosynthesis in higher plants: Purification and molecular cloning of a bifunctional 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase/7,8-dihydropteroate synthase localized in mitochondria

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 947-957

  Rébeillé, Fabrice ^a   Macherel, David ^a   Mouillon, Jean Marie ^a   Garin, Jérome ^a,b   Douce, Roland ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Dihydropteroate synthase; Folate synthesis; Plant mitochondria

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FOLIC ACID; MATRIX PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOLATE METABOLISM; HIGHER PLANT; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PEA; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DIPHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; KINETICS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PEAS; PTERINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0037733208     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.5.947     Document Type: Article

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