The Arabidopsis vitamin E pathway gene5-1 mutant reveals a critical role for phytol kinase in seed tocopherol biosynthesis

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 212-224

  Valentin, Henry E ^a   Lincoln, Kim ^b,c   Moshiri, Faitiad ^a   Jensen, Pamela K ^a   Qi, Qungang ^a   Venkatesti, Tyamagondlu V ^a   Karunanandaa, Balasulojini ^a   Baszis, Susan R ^a   Norris, Susan R ^a,b   Savidge, Beth ^a   Grays, Kenneth J ^a   Last, Robert L ^b,d  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b Gereon Genomics   (United States)

^c MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; PROTEINS; SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS; KINASE; MUTATION; VITAMIN E;

VITAMINS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; PROTEINS; VITAMINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; DOLICHOL KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHYTOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYTOL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSGENES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33645735298     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.037077     Document Type: Article

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