Folate synthesis in plants: Purification, kinetic properties, and inhibition of aminodeoxychorismate synthase

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-162

  Sahr, Tobias ^a   Ravanel, Stéphane ^a   Basset, Gilles ^b,d   Nichols, Brian P ^c   Hanson, Andrew D ^b   Rébeillé, Fabrice ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Aminodeoxychorismate synthase; C1 metabolism; Folate; Methotrexate; P aminobenzoate; Plastid

Indexed keywords

AMINES; COMPLEXATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY); PURIFICATION;

AMINODEOXYCHORISMATE SYNTHASE; C1 METABOLISM; FOLATE; METHOTREXATE; P-AMINOBENZOATE; PLASTIDS;

ENZYME KINETICS;

4 AMINODEOXYCHORISMATE; AMINODEOXYCHORISMATE SYNTHASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHORISMIC ACID; DIHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; METHOTREXATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CHORISMIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; KINETICS; METHOTREXATE; PYRUVIC ACID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33646810095     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051851     Document Type: Article

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