The major route for chlorophyll synthesis includes [3,8-divinyl]- chlorophyllide a reduction in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1803-1808

  Nagata, Nozomi ^a,b,d   Tanaka, Ryouichi ^a,c   Tanaka, Ayumi ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3,8 Divinyl protochlorophyllide a; 3,8 Divinyl chlorophyllide a 8 vinyl reductase; Arabidopsis thaliana; Chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLLIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PH; TEMPERATURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLLIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NADP; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 37149033404     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm153     Document Type: Article

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