Identification of a plastid acyl-acyl carrier protein synthetase in Arabidopsis and its role in the activation and elongation of exogenous fatty acids

Plant Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 620-632

  Koo, Abraham J K ^a   Fulda, Martin ^b   Browse, John ^c   Ohlrogge, John B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AAE; ACP; AMP binding; Elongation; LACS; Lauric acid

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; FATTY ACIDS; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AAE; ACP; AMP-BINDING; ELONGATION; LACS;

PROTEINS;

CHLOROPHYLLS; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; LAURIC ACID; PLANTS; PLASTIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; PISUM SATIVUM;

CERULENIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID; HOLO (ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; HOLO-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; LAURIC ACID; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PEA; PLANT LEAF; PLASTID;

ARABIDOPSIS; CERULENIN; CHLOROPLASTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; LAURIC ACIDS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEAS; PLANT LEAVES; PLASTIDS; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

EID: 33644688386     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02553.x     Document Type: Article

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