An LL-diaminopimelate aminotransferase defines a novel variant of the lysine biosynthesis pathway in plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 292-301

  Hudson, André O ^a   Singh, Bijay K ^c   Leustek, Thomas ^a   Gilvarg, Charles ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROORGANISMS; SUBSTRATES;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIAL SPECIES; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID (DAP); TETRAHYDRODIPICOLINATE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS; SUBSTRATES;

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

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 2,6 PYRIDINEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-2,6-PYRIDINEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; AT4G33680 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; LYSINE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, PLANT; KINETICS; LYSINE; PHYLOGENY; PYRIDINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 33645808723     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.072629     Document Type: Article

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