Acyl-CoA-binding and self-associating properties of a recombinant 13.3 kDa N-terminal fragment of diacylglycerol acyltransferase-1 from oilseed rape

BMC Biochemistry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Weselake, Randall J ^a   Madhavji, Milan ^b   Szarka, Steve J ^c,e   Patterson, Nii A ^c,f   Wiehler, William B ^b   Nykiforuk, Cory L ^b,e   Burton, Tracy L ^b   Boora, Parveen S ^b   Mosimann, Steven C ^b   Foroud, Nora A ^b   Thibault, Benjamin J ^b   Moloney, Maurice M ^c   Laroche, André ^d   Furukawa Stoffer, Tara L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e SemBioSys Genetics Inc   (Canada)

^f Metabolix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID; COENZYME A; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE K; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME BINDING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; RAPESEED;

ACYL COENZYME A; BRASSICA NAPUS; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA NAPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846609173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-7-24     Document Type: Article

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