Functional characterization of OsPPT1, which encodes p-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis in Oryza sativa

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 581-590

  Ohara, Kazuaki ^a   Yamamoto, Kyoko ^a   Hamamoto, Masafumi ^a   Sasaki, Kanako ^a   Yazaki, Kazufumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzymatic characterization; Mitochondrial membrane; Oryza sativa; p Hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase; Ubiquinone (coenzyme Q)

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOATE POLYPRENYLTRANSFERASE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE POLYPRENYLTRANSFERASE; 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; TRANSFERASE; UBIQUINONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PARABENS; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UBIQUINONE;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 33745618980     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcj025     Document Type: Article

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