Mutagenic definition of a papain-like catalytic triad, sufficiency of the N-terminal domain for single-site core catalytic enzyme acylation, and C-terminal domain for augmentative metal activation of a eukaryotic phytochelatin synthase

Plant Physiology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 858-869

  Romanyuk, Nataliya D ^a   Rigden, Daniel J ^b   Vatamaniuk, Olena K ^a   Lang, Albert ^a   Cahoon, Rebecca E ^c   Jez, Joseph M ^c   Rea, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ENZYMES; IONS; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYTIC ENZYME ACYLATION; CATALYTIC TRIAD; EUKARYOTIC PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE;

MUTAGENESIS;

ENZYMES; MUTAGENS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP.; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33745960735     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.082131     Document Type: Article

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