A Brassica cDNA clone encoding a bifunctional hydroxymethylpyrimidine kinase/thiamin-phosphate pyrophosphorylase involved in thiamin biosynthesis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 955-966

  Kim, Yang Suk ^a   Nosaka, Kazuto ^b   Downs, Diana M ^c   Kwak, June Myoung ^a   Park, Deokhoon ^a   Chung II, Kyung ^d   Nam, Hong Gil ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bifunctional enzyme; Brassica napus; cDNA; Hydroxymethylpyrimidine phosphate kinase; Thiamin; Thiamin phosphate pyrophosphorylase

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 AMINO 5 HYDROXYMETHYLPYRIMIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE KINASE; 4 METHYL 5 (2 HYDROXYETHYL)THIAZOLE KINASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUTANT; OPEN READING FRAME; THIAMINE PHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE; THIAMINE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THIAMINE;

EID: 0345395999     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006030617502     Document Type: Article

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