Tipping the scales - Specifier proteins in glucosinolate hydrolysis

IUBMB Life

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 744-751

  Wittstock, Ute ^a   Burow, Meike ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epithionitrile; Epithiospecifier protein; Glucosinolates; Isothiocyanate; Myrosinase; Nitrile; Nitrile specifier protein; Organic thiocyanate; Thiocyanate forming protein

Indexed keywords

EPITHIONITRILE; EPITHIOSPECIFIER PROTEIN; GLUCOSINOLATE; HYDROLASE; INSECT PROTEIN; NITRILE; NITRILE SPECIFIER PROTEIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; THIOCYANATE FORMING PROTEIN; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOGLUCOSIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ENZYME; EPITHIOSPECIFIER PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GLYCOSIDASE;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRASSICA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PEST MANAGEMENT; PLANT METABOLISM; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRASSICACEAE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT;

BRASSICALES; HEXAPODA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BRASSICACEAE; ENZYMES; GLUCOSINOLATES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRILES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; THIOCYANATES;

EID: 39749152269     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540701736277     Document Type: Review

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