The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii gtr gene encoding the tetrapyrrole biosynthetic enzyme glutamyl-tRNA reductase: Structure of the gene and properties of the expressed enzyme

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 643-658

  Srivastava, Alaka ^a,c   Lake, Vanessa ^b   Nogaj, Luiza A ^a   Mayer, Sandra M ^a   Willows, Robert D ^b   Beale, Samuel I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Chlorophyll; Heme; Tetrapyrrole

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING; ENZYMES; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

CYANOBACTERIA; HEME; TETRAPYRROLE; TRNA;

BACTERIA;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALGAL DNA; ALGAL PROTEIN; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESTERASE; GLUTAMYL TRNA REDUCTASE; HEME; HEMIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ABSORPTION; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERASES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEME; HEMIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TETRAPYRROLES;

BACTERIA; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 24744463539     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-005-6803-x     Document Type: Article

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