C-terminal extension of rice glutamate decarboxylase (OsGAD2) functions as an autoinhibitory domain and overexpression of a truncated mutant results in the accumulation of extremely high levels of GABA in plant cells

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2699-2707

  Akama, Kazuhito ^a   Takaiwa, Fumio ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Agrobacterium; Amino acid; Calmodulin; GABA; GAD; Glutamate decarboxylase; Overexpression; Rice

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CROPS; ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDES; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALMODULIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; OVEREXPRESSION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALMODULIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PETUNIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RICE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALMODULIN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; ORYZA SATIVA; PETUNIA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AGROBACTERIUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 34548438448     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm120     Document Type: Article

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