The AtPPT1 gene encoding 4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyl diphosphate transferase in ubiquinone biosynthesis is required for embryo development in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 567-577

  Okada, Kazunori ^a   Ohara, Kazuaki ^b   Yazaki, Kazufumi ^b   Nozaki, Kouhei ^c   Uchida, Naonori ^d   Kawamukai, Makoto ^d   Nojiri, Hideaki ^a   Yamane, Hisakazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Embryo development; Mitochondria; Polyprenyl diphosphate; Prenyl transferase; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; RNA;

EMBRYOGENESIS; GENE ENCODING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (RT-PCR); UBIQUINONE (UQ);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONES; EMBRYOS; ENZYMES; GENES; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

4 HYDROXYBENZOATE POLYPRENYLTRANSFERASE; 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE POLYPRENYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFERASE; UBIQUINONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 12444328478     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-1298-4     Document Type: Article

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