Mutation of the regulatory phosphorylation site of tobacco nitrate reductase results in constitutive activation of the enzyme in vivo and nitrite accumulation

Plant Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 566-573

  Lillo, Cathrine ^a   Lea, Unni S ^a   Leydecker, Marie Thérèse ^b   Meyer, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Nicotiana; Nitrate reductase; Phosphorylation; Protein degradation; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GROWTH KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; TOBACCO;

PHOSPHORYLATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DARKNESS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; NITRITES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0141458090     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01828.x     Document Type: Article

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