RbcX can function as a Rubisco chaperonin, but is non-essential in Synechococcus PCC7942

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1630-1640

  Emlyn Jones, Daniel ^a   Woodger, Fiona J ^a   Price, G Dean ^a   Whitney, Spencer M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Co expression; Gene function; RbcX; Rubisco; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHAPERONINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33845698888     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcl028     Document Type: Article

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