Isolation and characterization of enzymes involved in lysine catabolism from sorghum seeds

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1791-1798

  Fornazier, Ricardo F ^a   Gaziola, Salete A ^b   Helm, Cristiane V ^c   Lea, Peter J ^d   Azevedo, Ricardo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspartate kinase; Lysine; Lysine 2 oxoglutarate reductase; Maize; Saccharopine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARATE REDUCTASE; ASPARTIC ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; LYSINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSPERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SORGHUM;

AMINO ACIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LYSINE; PLANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASES; SEEDS; SORGHUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 14644390873     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf048525o     Document Type: Article

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